Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday at a meeting with his Turkmen counterpart Serdar Berdimuhamedov in Ashgabat called the Caspian summit an important event and expressed hope that it will be held for the benefit of all participants.
"The Caspian Summit is a very important event for all our countries, for the entire region. I am sure that [it] will be held with benefit, on a good note," the Russian leader said.
He also drew attention to the fact that the leaders of all the Caspian states agreed to participate in the summit in a face-to-face format. "This is, in my opinion, almost the first meeting since the beginning of the pandemic," remarked the Russian president. He generally thanked Berdimuhamedov for the invitation to Ashgabat. Besides Putin and Berdimuhamedov, the Caspian summit is attended by leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran and Kazakhstan.
Putin briefly mentioned the bilateral relations between Russia and Turkmenistan. According to him, "everything has been done in a very dignified and timely manner" regarding the planned prospects of their development".
Prior to that, the leaders met in June in Moscow, where Serdar Berdimuhamedov paid his first official visit as Turkmen leader.
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Based on materials from TASS