(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 13. Turkmenistan and
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
discussed issues of food and environmental security, rational use
of natural resources, as well as joint work in the field of digital
land cadastre, trend reports with reference to the Turkmen Foreign
Ministry.
These discussions took place on March 11, 2023 during the
meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid
Meredov with the FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional
Representative for Europe and Central Asia Vladimir Rakhmanin, who
arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the international conference
'Partnership for Food Security under Climate Change'.
During the meeting, Meredov stressed that Turkmenistan highly
appreciates the activities of FAO and intends to further develop
cooperation in this direction, primarily with the sub-regional
office for Central Asian countries.
At the same time, he noted that holding a regional conference in
Ashgabat jointly with FAO on food security and climate change is a
big step in the field of adaptation of agriculture to the negative
impact of climate change.
In turn, Rakhmanin stressed the great contribution of
Turkmenistan to solving issues related to food security, as well as
the full support of both country and regional projects implemented
by FAO.
Pointing to the relevance of the conference, he noted that
within the framework of the forum, participants put forward a
number of specific proposals for consolidating efforts in the field
of food security.
Turkmenistan jointly with the Food and FAO held the
international conference 'Partnership for Food Security under
Climate Change' in Ashgabat on March 9 through 10.
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