Today a telephone conversation of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov took place. During the conversation, Vladimir Putin warmly congratulated Serdar Berdimuhamedov on his birthday, wishing him good health, happiness and success.

Turkmenistan's President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Pakistan's State Oil Minister Musadiq Malik discussed joint energy projects. During the talks in Ashgabat on Tuesday, they touched upon the topic of expanding trade and economic relations and concretized its energy aspects, it was reported in the evening news release of the Turkmen State Television.

Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov held a meeting of the organizing committee for the preparation of the II Caspian Economic Forum, scheduled for October, in Moscow. This is reported on the website of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia.

Today's world is witnessing a departure from the established and stagnant mechanisms of global cooperation, which no longer cope with the challenges of modernity in a way that suits at least the majority of participants in the process.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov declared Turkmenistan's readiness to cooperate with the Shanghai Security Cooperation Organization, speaking at the SCO summit in Samarkand as a guest of honor, official Turkmen media reported.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov proposed at a meeting with Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Zhang Ming in Samarkand to create a Business Council "Turkmenistan-SCO", the official Turkmen press writes today.

During the visit of the Turkmen delegation to the UAE, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan and the Abu Dhabi Ports group.

During a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the SCO summit, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov noted the high level of bilateral political relations between the countries, the Kremlin website reports.

Today, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov arrived in the Uzbek city of Samarkand to attend the 22nd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

The Turkmen delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Berdyniyaz Myatiyev held a meeting with Minister of State Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh at the UAE Foreign Ministry during a working visit to the UAE, which lasts from September 12 to 16.