On 5 August, a meeting was held in the ‘Avaza’ National Tourist Zone between the National Leader of the Turkmen People, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, with Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Konstantin Kosachev, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. This was reported by the state news agency TDH.

The sides discussed prospects for strengthening inter-parliamentary cooperation. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov thanked the guest for participating in the UN conference. K. Kosachev, in turn, conveyed greetings from Valentina Matvienko, Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, and expressed gratitude for the warm welcome and high level of organisation of the forum.

It was noted that the parliaments of the two countries play a key role in the development of sustainable economic and multilateral relations. K. Kosachev emphasised the strategic nature of relations between Turkmenistan and Russia and the importance of the parliamentary forum for strengthening cooperation.

At the end of the meeting, the parties expressed confidence in the further development of bilateral relations, including in the parliamentary sphere.