Authoritarian Turkmenistan’s new president, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, called for a stronger relationship with his “strategic” partner Moscow in a Kremlin meeting with President Vladimir Putin on Friday.
The conference is when Putin seeks new markets and hopes that the West will impose unprecedented sanctions on intervention in Ukraine and attack Moscow, strengthening relations with African and Asian countries. It was held.
It was his first overseas visit as President of 40-year-old Berdimuhamedov, who was elected leader of a gas-rich Central Asian country in March after his father Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov resigned.
Former Soviet Turkmenistan does not tolerate political opposition or free press.
“Our bilateral relations are growing,” said Berdimuhamedov, who, following his meeting with Putin, specifically selected their “equality and openness.”
“Our country has ample potential to strengthen mutual trade and investment,” he said.
He also said, “I am convinced that this conference will greatly inspire strategic partnerships” between Moscow and Ashgabat.
Putin, who embraced President Turkmen, praised “substantial talks in a friendly atmosphere like business.”
At the meeting, “special attention” was paid to energy cooperation.
Putin awarded Verdim Hamedov the Order of Friendship, one of the highest national honors in Russia.
The two leaders also signed a declaration to strengthen relations between Turkmenistan and Russia during a period of heightened isolation in Moscow after military intervention in Ukraine.
Benefiting from the rapid career advancement of recent years, Berdimuhamedov won a rapid election in March, defeating Token’s rival candidates.
His father, 64, sought time to allow “young leaders” to rule during the 15-year reign that began in February after the sudden death of Turkmenistan founder Saparmurat Niyazov. He said he was.
