Turkmenistan Takes Steps To Develop Cooperation With IAEA
Date
5/18/2024 6:09:22 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, May 18. Turkmenistan istaking active steps to develop cooperation with the InternationalAtomic energy Agency (IAEA), Trend reports.
This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs ofTurkmenistan, Rashid Meredov, during a meeting of the Cabinet ofMinisters.
He noted that Turkmenistan and the IAEA will prepare a five-yearFramework Program of cooperation covering such areas as healthcare,in particular nuclear medicine, rational use of water resources,and agriculture.
"To discuss the draft of this program, it is planned to hold aregular meeting of a specially created group in June this year,"the minister said.
At the same time, Meredov proposed to take appropriate steps tostrengthen the international legal framework for multilateralcooperation with the countries of the world within the framework ofthe IAEA and to elect Turkmenistan to one of the eight existingstructural divisions of the Agency.
"Turkmenistan has been a full member of the IAEA since 2016 with this organization, which is part of the UN system,is carried out in a number of areas. In order to strengthen theinternational legal framework for cooperation, in 2023, our countryjoined two IAEA Conventions on Nuclear Safety. As part of technicalcooperation, four Agency projects are currently being implementedin Turkmenistan," he added.
Meanwhile, after Turkmenistan joined the UN Treaty on theNon-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 1994, the country oftenholds bilateral consultations with the IAEA.
Turkmenistan and the IAEA signed a corresponding agreement onthe application of safeguards on May 17, 2005, which contributed tothe establishment of effective cooperation in this area.
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