WNAM Monitoring: Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov attended the informal Summit of the Heads of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in St.Petersburg.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kazakhstani President Kasym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyzstani President Sadyr Zhaparov, Tajikistani President Emomali Rahmon, Uzbekistani President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan have also attended the meeting.
The informal summit began with a tour of St Petersburg’s palace and park complexes. In the afternoon, the summit participants arrived at the Pavlovsk Museum reserve, and then they were expected at Tsarskoye Selo and Peterhof, the Interfax reports.
Due to its neutral status, Turkmenistan, as an associate member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), is fostering relationships with member states of the CIS on an equal, mutually beneficial basis, considering each party’s shared goals and national interests, the official Turkmen media reports.
Turkmenistan maintains a solid commitment to strategic partnerships with CIS countries, both bilaterally and multilaterally. The country strives to strengthen mutually beneficial relations within the Commonwealth by infusing them with new, concrete content.
