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Turkmenistan's president arrives in Iran for talks

Tuesday, 14 June 2022 5:16 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 14 June 2022 5:21 PM ]

Turkmenistan’s President Serdar Berdimuhamedow (L) is received by Iran's Minister of Transportation and Urban Development Rostam Qassemi in Tehran's Mehrabad Airport on June 14, 2022.

Turkmenistan's President Serdar Berdimuhamedow has arrived in the Iranian capital of Tehran as part of an official two-day visit to hold talks with senior authorities on the expansion of bilateral relations.

Berdimuhamedow's plane landed in Tehran's Mehrabad Airport on Tuesday afternoon, with Iran's Minister of Transportation and Urban Development Rostam Qassemi receiving the Turkmen president upon arrival.

Berdimuhamedow, who had officially been invited by his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raeisi, is scheduled to attend joint meetings of the high-level delegations of the two countries and sign several cooperation documents and memorandums of understanding during his two-day visit.

This is Berdimuhamedow's first visit to Iran as Turkmenistan's president. He traveled to Tehran in January as the special envoy of Turkmenistan’s former president, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, and held talks with Raeisi.

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