OREANDA-NEWS. October 25, 2010. An international expert of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), expert of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Elena Skurko is on a working visit in Ashgabat.

During the visit to the Turkmen capital the guest was received at the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, where an active exchange of views on the prospects for constructive cooperation between Turkmenistan and one of the leading UN agencies under ongoing population and reproductive law programmes took place.

The UNFPA international expert positively evaluated the efforts to modernize the national legislation noting that it was consistent with international conventions ratified by the Turkmen state.

During the visit E. Skurko had a meeting at the Turkmen National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan.