Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone congratulated the head of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov on his 42nd birthday, the Turkmen state news agency reports.

Turkmenistan's Ambassador to Japan Atadurdy Bayramov met today with the chairman of the Japan-Turkmenistan interparliamentary friendship group Toshiaki Endo, the website of the Turkmen diplomatic mission in the Land of the Rising Sun reports.

President of the Federal Republic of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier will meet with the heads of Central Asian states in Berlin, according to the official website the President of Germany.

Japan and Kazakhstan have agreed to cooperate to hold a summit in the Central Asia-Japan format next year. This was announced by the Japanese Foreign Ministry following the meeting of the head of the department Yoko Kamikawa with Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Director General of the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Mamethan Chakyev made a working trip to Ashgabat, and also inspected the activities of accountable structures in the Balkan region.

A regular meeting of the Turkmen-Kazakh commission on international road transport was held in the city of Turkmenbashi.

On September 21, Dushanbe will host the first meeting of the High–level Working Group on the new multimodal corridor "Tajikistan –Uzbekistan– Turkmenistan–Iran-Turkey", which will link China and Turkey through the countries of Central Asia and the Middle East. This is reported by the Ministry of Transport of Tajikistan.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan became the first person to sign a goodwill declaration for the Zero Waste project, which was initiated by his wife Emine Erdogan. Anadolu Agency reports this.

Advances in technology have played a critical role in increasing tourism travel to the Middle East. The region is rapidly gaining popularity as one of the top destinations in the leisure and entertainment industry thanks to virtual tours based on artificial intelligence and augmented reality.

On September 20, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry opened an exhibition dedicated to the 32nd anniversary of Turkmenistan's independence and designed to demonstrate the country's achievements in the socio-economic sphere.