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President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Chairman of the Upper House of the Turkmen Parliament Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov sent congratulatory messages to Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on his election as President of the United Arab Emirates, the official Turkmen press writes today.

On Sunday, Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov held a meeting with Director General of the Foreign Service of the US Department of State Carol Perez and First Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Dean Thompson.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov sent condolences to the leadership of the United Arab Emirates on the death of UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The new platform for interparliamentary cooperation between the Central Asian countries and Russia will be called the "Ashgabat format", and its secretariat will be located in the capital of Turkmenistan.

Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko conveyed to President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov greetings from Russian President Vladimir Putin and confirmation of the invitation to visit Russia.

Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Chairman of the Majlisi Milli of the Majlisi Oli of Tajikistan Rustam Emomali signed an agreement on cooperation between the parliaments of the two countries, the press service of the Parliament of Tajikistan reports.

The Inter-Parliamentary Forum of Central Asian countries and the Russian Federation is being held in Ashgabat under the chairmanship of the head of the Halk Maslahaty Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev sent congratulatory messages to Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Ashgabat is hosting the first Inter-Parliamentary Forum of Central Asian and Russian countries. On Wednesday to the Turkmen capital arrived foreign representative delegations, some of them have already held a number of bilateral meetings. And in the evening, members of the delegations were invited to the Main Drama Theater of Turkmenistan for the performance "Tree of Life".

On Wednesday, a delegation of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, headed by Chairman Valentina Matvienko, arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the first Inter-Parliamentary Forum of Central Asian countries and Russia, the press service of the department reports.