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Russian Ambassador to Turkmenistan Alexander Blokhin presented the Pushkin Medal to the artistic director of the children's violinist ensemble "Mukam" Harold Neymark.

Russia wants to take trade and economic relations with Turkmenistan to a new level, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Turkmen leader Serdar Berdimuhamedov on the sidelines of the SCO summit, according to the Kremlin website.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Tehran on July 19, where he will attend a trilateral summit with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. The head of the Russian Federation will also hold a number of bilateral meetings, RIA Novosti reports.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin, before arriving in Turkmenistan to attend a meeting of the heads of states of the Caspian Five, will visit Tajikistan early next week. This was reported on Sunday in the program “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin."

Putin supported the idea of creating a joint Russian-Turkmenistan university proposed by Serdar Berdimuhamedov.

Talks between the Presidents of Turkmenistan and Russia, Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Vladimir Putin, have begun in Moscow, according to the Kremlin's website.

At a meeting with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, the President of Turkmenistan congratulated all Russians on Day of Russia, and also thanked the head of the Russian Federation for his personal contribution to the development of bilateral relations and invited him to come to the country on an official visit.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a congratulatory message to Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on Friendship and Cooperation between the two countries, according to the Kremlin website.

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Serdar Berdimuhamedov on his election as President of Turkmenistan by telephone, the Kremlin press service reported.

The special geographical position of the Astrakhan region opens up great prospects for development. They were discussed in the Kremlin today. Vladimir Putin spoke with the head of the region, Igor Babushkin, about current tasks and problems, and the fight against COVID-19. Also, about how to use the vast potential, the First Channel of Russian TV reports.