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On Saturday, Ashgabat hosted a meeting between President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexei Overchuk, who arrived in the Turkmen capital at the head of the government delegation of the Russian Federation.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan is preparing a summit of the Turkmen, Azerbaijani and Turkish leaders. This was announced at a government meeting on Friday by Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov.

Serdar Berdimuhamedov, having fully formed the renewed composition of the government of Turkmenistan after the approval of the heads of law enforcement agencies on April 6, made two more personnel decisions on Friday. He appointed presidential advisers on agriculture and the oil and gas sector.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged congratulatory messages on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

At a meeting of the State Security Council of Turkmenistan on Wednesday, where organizational and personnel issues were being resolved, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov dismissed Ovezdurdy Khodzhanyyazov from the post of interior minister.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov abolished the post of Deputy Prime Minister for Security, Military and Legal Affairs. He announced this decision at a meeting of the State Security Council of Turkmenistan on Wednesday, where the heads of law enforcement agencies were approved.

“Turkmenistan welcomed the role that India is playing during its current membership in the UN Security Council and highly appreciated the initiatives of the UN Security Council put forward by India aimed at reforming multilateralism and combating terrorism, based on the Indian ideal of “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”, i.e. “the world as one family,” Presidents Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Ram Nath Kovind said in a joint statement following talks in Ashgabat.

Deepening interaction between Turkmenistan and India is in the mutual interest aimed at further rapprochement and mutual understanding of peoples in the long term, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov said on Saturday after talks with President Ram Nath Kovind.

During his visit to Ashgabat, President of India Ram Nath Kovind called Turkmenistan an important partner country and thanked for supporting New Delhi's initiatives at the UN, Indian media write.

Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Indian President Ram Nath Kovind held talks in narrow and broad formats in Ashgabat, according to the official Twitter account of the Indian leader.