Today, at the building of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Chairman of the Council of Elders of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) Binali Yildirim.

Having thanked the Turkmen leader for finding time for the meeting, the guest conveyed warm greetings from President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who stressed the special importance attached to development of traditionally mutually beneficial cooperation with Turkmenistan, based on the principles of centuries-old friendship, trust and mutual understanding.

Warmly welcoming Chairman of the OTS Council of Elders Binali Yildirim, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov sent his best wishes to his Turkish colleague and said that comprehensive development and strengthening of bilateral and multilateral cooperation with the Turkic States is one of the priorities in the foreign policy strategy of Turkmenistan. In this context, special importance is attached to productive collaboration within the authoritative international and regional agencies, including the Organization of Turkic States, which Turkmenistan joined as an observer in November last year.

Touching upon the issue of interstate relations, the leader of the nation emphasized the great significance attached to the long-term Turkmen-Turkish strategic partnership. In this regard, it was stated with satisfaction that the bilateral partnership, consistently and actively developing based on the principles of friendship and brotherhood, invariably committed to the practice of mutual respect, full understanding and close mutual support.

As was emphasized, Turkey highly appreciates the wide-ranging activities of the Turkmen leader and his large-scale reforms which radically changed the Turkmen people’s life and gave a powerful impetus to socio-economic development of the Turkmen state, increase of its prestige in the international arena.

The guest also wished that the upcoming presidential elections on March 12 would bring benefits to Turkmenistan and the Turkmen people.

On parting, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Chairman of the Council of Elders of the Organization of Turkic States Binali Yildirim exchanged kind wishes for sound health and success in work, expressing confidence in the further strengthening of friendship and effective interstate cooperation.