The Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan hosted a working meeting with experts from ‘TRAFFIC International’ and a representative of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz Republic. This was reported by the news website Turkmenportal.

The parties discussed strengthening regional cooperation within the framework of the ‘CITES Convention’, as well as the implementation of the ‘Samarkand Declaration’, signed by the countries of Central Asia in 2025.

Particular attention was paid to the need to update Turkmenistan’s environmental legislation to bring it into line with international standards, which should simplify cooperation with foreign partners and enhance the level of biodiversity protection.

The participants also outlined steps towards the introduction of modern monitoring systems, the development of databases and inter-agency cooperation. The possibility of organising training events for specialists is being considered.

It should be recalled that in July 2024, Turkmenistan adopted a law on accession to CITES, after which it began establishing a system to monitor the trade in rare species based on international practices.