President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin said that he had very good personal relations with the new President of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov. He said this today at a meeting with Chairman of the Chamber of the Halk Maslahaty of the Turkmen parliament Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, RIA Novosti reports.

“I want to note that you gave a very good impetus to the development of our relations, and dynamics doesn’t reduce with the upcoming of the new President, we have very good personal relations with him, interstate relations are developing very actively”, said Putin.

Today, the Russian leader presented Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with the Order “For Services to the Motherland” of the IV grade, with which he was rewarded “for large impact in strengthening the strategic partnership between Russian Federation and Turkmenistan”.

Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov is in Russia with a three-day official visit at the invitation of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation. Following the results of the meeting with the Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko, an Agreement on the establishment of an inter-parliamentary commission on cooperation was signed.