
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov invited Turkmenistan to develop ties with the EAEU and join the work on the Eurasian Charter for Diversity and Multipolarity, an initiative of Russia and Belarus.
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The statement was made following a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the CIS member states in Avaza.
AVAZA (Turkmenistan), October 7 - RIA Novosti. Russia invited Turkmenistan to develop relations with the Eurasian Economic Union and actively participate in the work on the Eurasian Charter for Diversity and Multipolarity, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
“We proposed to develop relations between Turkmenistan and the Eurasian Economic Union. We also invited to actively participate in the work on the Eurasian Charter for Diversity and Multipolarity. This is an initiative of Belarus and the Russian Federation,” Lavrov said at a press conference following a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the CIS member states.

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