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The Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign and European Affairs and Chairman of the Cyprus-Turkmenistan Friendship Group in the House of Representatives, Mr. Marios Mavridis (Deputy Chairman), Giorgos Loukaidis, Marina Nikolaou and Chrysis Pantelidis had today an online meeting with the President Mr. Batyr Bayliyev and the Members of the corresponding Friendship Group in the Parliament of Turkmenistan Mr. Merdan Tuvakov and Chemen Rejepova. The web meeting was attended by the Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus in Moscow, Mr. Cyprus Yiorgallis.
During the meeting, the two Presidents welcomed this first meeting between the newly established Friendship Groups in the two Parliaments as a first step for the further development of friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries, especially in their parliamentary dimension, both at the bilateral level and in the framework of international parliamentary organisations in which the two Parliaments participate, such as the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Asian Parliamentary Assembly.
Mr Georgiades, noting that the two countries are located in areas of great strategic importance, stressed that the priority of the Republic of Cyprus' foreign policy is for our country to be a factor of peace, stability and cooperation in a highly unstable region. He also noted that Cyprus, as the closest member state of the European Union (EU) in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean region and due to its excellent relations with almost all its neighbours, is a bridge of dialogue and cooperation between Europe and the countries of the region. He expressed readiness to establish a regular dialogue between the Friendship Groups in the two Parliaments and in the framework of international parliamentary organisations, using the opportunities offered by parliamentary diplomacy to strengthen relations and cooperation between Cyprus and Turkmenistan in areas of common interest, including economic and trade, but also with regard to EU-Turkmenistan relations.
This was followed by a mutual briefing on the powers, competences and functioning of the two Houses and the importance of exchanging experiences and best practices in terms of parliamentary practice was stressed. In conclusion, readiness was expressed to continue the dialogue between the respective Friendship Groups and, by extension, between the two Parliaments.
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