Ashgabat, August 2 – Arzuw.news. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held an online meeting with UN Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme Inger Andersen. The information is reported by Arzuw.news with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Communications of Turkmenistan.
The central topic of the talks was the establishment of a Regional Climate Change Technology Centre for Central Asian countries with headquarters in Ashgabat. The parties confirmed the importance of joining efforts in addressing global environmental issues.
The meeting participants exchanged views on the practical implementation of the Global Methane Commitment, which Turkmenistan joined during the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The start of work on a joint project with the International Methane Emissions Observatory to develop a mechanism for regularly providing updated data on emissions detected by the MARS system was noted.
Particular attention was paid to the possibilities of expanding cooperation between Turkmenistan and UNEP in developing the “Caspian Environmental Initiative”. This proposal was put forward by the President of Turkmenistan at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly.
Inger Andersen thanked the Turkmen side for the invitation to participate in the Regional Conference on Food Security in the Context of Climate Change, which is scheduled for November in Turkmenistan.
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