OREANDA-NEWS. April 09, 2010. A meeting with a delegation of the State of Qatar led by Minister of the Environment Abdullah bin Mobarak bin Abdul Almoazedi, who had arrived on a working visit in the Turkmen capital, at the Ministry of Nature Protection of Turkmenistan.

Establishment and development cooperation in the environmental sector was the focus of the first intergovernmental meeting of the representatives of the nature protection ministries of the two countries. The partners exchanged views on the urgent environmental issues, discussed the current state and prospects for partnership in this field. In particular, the specialists considered such aspects as management of land and water resources, preservation and protection of biodiversity, modernization of the protected areas network and expressed mutual interest in expanding cooperation to exchange experiences on these aspects and encourage close scientific contacts between ecologists. The willingness to intensify interdepartmental cooperation on a regular and long-term basis that would promote the adoption of the effective mechanisms for addressing environmental challenges was expressed.