Yesterday, a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Ambassador of the Russian Federation Ivan Volynkin took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

The parties discussed a number of issues related to the further development of bilateral strategic partnership, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports.

Issues related to preparations for the upcoming visit of S.V. Lavrov to Turkmenistan were discussed.

The importance of bilateral cooperation in the humanitarian sphere was emphasized, and a clear example of this was the provision by the Turkmen side of the opportunity for landing for a Russian aircraft of S7 Airlines, which was forced to change its route due to recent events in the Middle East region.

The Russian diplomat expressed deep gratitude to the leadership of Turkmenistan for the support provided: during the humanitarian aid, all necessary conditions were promptly created for the people on board the plane, including food, access to medicines and other means of life support, the source notes.

Let us remind that Turkmenistan immediately provided conditions for the unimpeded use of airspace for all aircraft of foreign airlines that were forced to change their routes due to the current situation in the Middle East.