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Both leaders expressed satisfaction with the current level of the Russia-Turkmenistan strategic partnership and reaffirmed their shared commitment to developing relations across all areas of mutual interest.<\/p>\n<p>The presidents also exchanged views on preparations for the upcoming meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State, scheduled for early October. Berdimuhamedov is expected to chair the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Berd Berdimuhamedov, in turn, congratulated Putin on the conduct of elections to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia\u2019s Federal Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation reaffirmed the two countries\u2019 intention to maintain close bilateral relations and continue coordination through regional multilateral institutions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=26020\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon Media News Desk Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkmenistan\u2019s President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a telephone conversation on September 22, discussing bilateral strategic cooperation and preparations for an upcoming meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), according to the Kremlin. During the call, Putin extended birthday greetings to Berdimuhamedov. 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