Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan sign cooperation protocol covering key sectors

Baku and Ashgabat have signed a cooperation protocol covering a range of key sectors during the 9th meeting of the Azerbaijan–Turkmenistan Joint Intergovernmental Commission, Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov said in a post on X.

During our working visit to Turkmenistan, we participated in the 9th meeting of the #Azerbaijan–#Turkmenistan Joint Intergovernmental Commission together with Nokerguly Atagulyyev, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan and Co-Chair of the Commission.

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— Mikayil Jabbarov (@MikayilJabbarov) July 8, 2026

“During our working visit to Turkmenistan, we participated in the 9th meeting of the Azerbaijan–Turkmenistan Joint Intergovernmental Commission together with Nokerguly Atagulyyev, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan and Co-Chair of the Commission.

We highlighted the initiative to establish the Azerbaijan–Turkmenistan Business Council as an important platform for expanding economic cooperation, strengthening business ties, and diversifying export opportunities between our countries.

Following the meeting, we signed a protocol providing for strengthened partnership in trade and economy, energy, transport, agriculture, food security, environmental protection, water management, and other priority areas,” Jabbarov wrote.

By Jeyhun Aghazada