OREANDA-NEWS On 17 February 2009 was announced, that Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will pay an official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran this week.

During the high-level talks the sides are expected to agree on further steps in developing the traditional inter-state cooperation in the context of key national priorities and new realities in regional and international politics, the Turkmen State News Agency (TDH) said.