BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 13. Turkmenistan and
Iran have discussed current issues of bilateral cooperation in
areas of mutual interest during talks in Ashgabat.


This was announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Turkmenistan in a press release published on June 12 following a
meeting between Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov and Iranian
Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Sobhani.


“On 12 June 2026, a meeting was held at the MFA of Turkmenistan
between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Rashid
Meredov, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic
Republic of Iran, Mehdi Sobhani,” the press release says.


According to the ministry, the sides discussed current issues of
bilateral cooperation in areas of mutual interest.


"The interlocutors reaffirmed their commitment to developing
Turkmen-Iranian relations based on the principles of
good-neighborliness, mutual respect and trust," the ministry
said.


The report indicates that, in the course of the meeting, the
parties also discussed further steps aimed at implementing
previously reached agreements.


Earlier in April, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan
Rashid Meredov and Minister of Roads and Urban Development of the
Islamic Republic of Iran Farzaneh Sadegh held a telephone
conversation on the current state and wide range of prospective
areas of bilateral cooperation, according to a press release
published by the Turkmen Foreign Ministry on April 20.


“During the discussion, the sides addressed a wide range of
issues related to the implementation of agreements reached
following the 18th meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental
Turkmen-Iranian Commission on Economic Cooperation, held on May
19-20, 2025, in Tehran, and also reviewed the current state and
prospective areas of bilateral cooperation,” the report says.


For reference, the 18th meeting of the Turkmen-Iranian
Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation in May 2025
brought together senior officials and representatives of government
agencies and business circles of both countries.


The meeting, co-chaired by Rashid Meredov and Farzaneh Sadegh,
covered a broad spectrum of political-diplomatic, trade-economic,
and cultural-humanitarian issues, including transport and
logistics, energy, agriculture, water management, investment, and
standardization. The sides also reviewed progress in implementing
previous agreements and reaffirmed the role of the commission in
strengthening bilateral cooperation.


Consequently, the Protocol of the 18th Meeting of the
Turkmen-Iranian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic
Cooperation was signed.