On 27 February, Mergen Gurdov, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan, held a meeting with a delegation headed by Mullah Faizullah Tamim, Director General of the Administration of Standards and Quality. This was reported by the online publication ‘Business Turkmenistan’.

The parties discussed prospects for expanding cooperation in the field of standardisation, certification and product quality control, and exchanged views on the development of trade and economic ties.

The interlocutors emphasised the importance of compliance with quality requirements for increasing mutual trade turnover. The meeting is seen as a step towards further strengthening Turkmen-Afghan cooperation.