Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Hojamyrat Geldimyradov reported on steps to strengthen cooperation with international organisations during a government meeting on 18 July. This was reported by the state news agency TDH.

According to a Decree by the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the Ministry of Finance and Economy has studied the possibility of Turkmenistan joining a number of documents of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), including the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters and the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information. The relevant proposal was submitted to the Head of State for consideration.

After hearing the report, the President of Turkmenistan stressed the importance of developing international partnerships and improving legislation, approved the proposal on Turkmenistan's accession to a number of OECD documents and instructed the Deputy Prime Minister to continue work in this direction.