President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron congratulated Serdar Berdimuhamedov on assuming the office of President of Turkmenistan.

"I express my sincere congratulations on the occasion of your assumption of the office of President of Turkmenistan and wish you success in your activities for the benefit of the Turkmen people, who are friends of the French people," Macron said in a letter published in the newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan today.

The message notes that since the establishment of diplomatic relations on March 6, 1992, France and Turkmenistan significantly strengthened bilateral ties. In the political area, France co-sponsored the UN Resolution proclaiming Turkmenistan's permanent neutrality on December 12, 1995.

"With the establishment of the French Institute in Turkmenistan and the French-Turkmen archaeological expedition, we have chosen a path of rapprochement based on the dissemination of French culture in Turkmenistan and the promotion of the millennia–old historical heritage of your country in France and in the world," Macron stressed.

According to him, over these thirty years Turkmenistan has established cooperation with French companies in the area of architecture and construction, space Earth observation, industry and technology.

At the end of the address, the President of the French Republic declared his readiness to continue and expand the Turkmen-French partnership, including in new areas, in order to "jointly solve global climate, health, and security problems.