Turkmen Deputy PM Rashid Meredov attends virtual session of SCO Council of Heads of Government

AKIPRESS.COM - Council of the Heads of Government (Prime Ministers) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the format of a videoconference was held on Nov 30.
The member states discussed possibilities of widening the ties in the area of science, healthcare and medicine amid the global coronavirus pandemic.
During his speech at the session, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov noted that the contacts on humanitarian and scientific issues stand as the most important component of cooperation with the SCO countries. "The common historic, cultural, spiritual ties between our states and people serve as a firm basis for working out a systematic approach in the process of building relations on the given spheres," Turkmen foreign ministry reported Meredov as saying.
Thereupon, the strong position of Turkmenistan is confirmed in regard to the work on uniting the efforts of states on fighting the pandemic through solidarity, mutual help and efficient participation. It is underlined that Turkmenistan is ready to establish close cooperation with SCO on scientific-medical vector and stands for the establishment of channels of professional communication between the medical societies, profile organizations for the long-term perspective.