OREANDA-NEWS. January 25, 2011. A meeting with a high-level delegation consisting of high-ranking officials of the U.S. Department of State and the Ministry of Defence, who had arrived in the Turkmen capital, was conducted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan last week.

The talks focused on the prospects for intensifying bilateral cooperation and topical issues of regional and international importance of mutual interest, including global security, counteraction against global threats and challenges. Expressing full support for Turkmenistan’s peaceful foreign policy, the guests underscored the significance of the constructive initiatives put forward by the Turkmen leader Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Focusing with satisfaction on the positive dynamics of interstate relations based on equality and mutual benefit, the members of the high-level delegation stated that the United States Government intended to expand further multifaceted cooperation with the Turkmen state viewing this partnership as an important security factor in Central Asia.