Ashgabat, Kyiv mull migration issues – AzerNews

Ashgabat hosted a meeting of the leadership of Turkmenistan's State Migration Service with Ukraine's Ambassador Valentin Shevalev, said the Migration Service in a message May 29, according to AzerNews.

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The parties exchanged views on partnership opportunities in the migration area, and discussed a number of priority directions of this sphere, AzerNews wrote.

The two sides discussed the issues of obtaining working visas, employment permits for citizens of Ukraine, according to the message.

Read alsoUkraine PM calls on Central Asian states to jointly tackle logistics challengesThey expressed confidence that the cooperation between Turkmenistan and Ukraine will further develop dynamically.

Turkmenistan is an important trade and economic partner of Ukraine in the Central Asia region.

According to the Ukrainian side, the two countries' trade turnover totaled $143.64 million in 2016.

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