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17:55 GMT, May 08, 2008 Latest Headlines...

Turkmen president congratulates Medvedev on inauguration

     MOSCOW.   May   8   (Interfax)   -   Turkmen  President  Gurbanguly
Berdimuhammedow  congratulated  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on his
inauguration  and  wished  him  every  success  in this high office, the
presidents  spoke  on  the  phone  following  a  Turkmen initiative, the
Kremlin said.
     The  presidents  noted intensification of Russian-Turkmen relations
in various  areas  recently  and  they  said  they  were  sure  of their
progressive development.
     "Gurbanguly  Berdimuhammedow invited the Russian president to visit
Turkmenistan.  The  invitation  was  accepted  with  gratitude, and they
agreed to  negotiate  concrete  conditions  by diplomatic channels," the
Kremlin said.
     Berdimuhammedow  confirmed  his  intention  to  participate  in the
International Economic Forum to be held in St. Petersburg on June 6-8.
     "The  presidents  congratulated  each  other  and  the  Turkmen and
Russian  peoples  on the anniversary of the Great Victory [in the Second
World War]," it said.

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