ASHGABAT -- President Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov received at the presidential palace in Ashgabat Tuesday, UAE Foreign Minister Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov.
Shaikh Abdullah conveyed to the Turkmen President greetings of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who always showed the keenness in developing relations between UAE and Turkmenistan.
In return, Berdymukhammedov offered his greetings to Shaikh Khalifa and hailed the close ties between the two countries.
The meeting was attended by the UAE ambassador in Ashgabat Hassan Abdullah Al-Adhab.
Later, Shaikh Abdullah and the accompanying delegation met with Rashid Meredov at the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan and signed an agreement establishing the joint committee for cooperation between the UAE and the Republic of Turkmenistan.