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Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov's official visit to Russia began on Friday, within the framework of which he will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, official Turkmen media write.

Turkmenistan and Russia are preparing for signing a number of documents on trade and economic cooperation, they are planned to be concluded during the first official visit of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov to the Russian Federation on June 10, the Russian government said in a statement.

Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 10 in Moscow, according to a Kremlin website.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov discussed with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov the preparation of high-level bilateral meetings and other topics of cooperation.

The first passenger flight in more than two years on the renewed regular route Ashgabat-Kazan took place, according to the data on the online-board of the Kazan airport.

On the first day of summer, a passenger airliner of Turkmen Airlines will operate the first direct regular flight from Russian Kazan to Turkmenabat. Further flights will be operated weekly on Wednesdays, reports website of the International Airport of the capital of Tatarstan.

Turkmenistan Airlines has started selling tickets for regular flights from Turkmenistan to Kazan and Dubai, an ORIENT correspondent who visited the sales office in Ashgabat reports. The first aircraft will leave the country on May 30.

The promotion of the construction of a system of drainage facilities near the southern borders of Ashgabat became one of the main topics during the meeting of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov with the head of the Russian holding "Vozrozhdenie" Igor Bukato on Tuesday.

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.