Turkmenistan: Berdymukhamedov Receives CIS Invite from Medvedev

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has invited his Turkmen counterpart, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, to visit Moscow.

According to the semi-official Turkmenistan.ru news service, the heads of state had a "regular" telephone conversation on March 4, during which they discussed "issues of bilateral cooperation and interaction in international affairs."

Medvedev asked Berdymukhamedov to attend an informal meeting of heads of state from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow on May 8, the report said.