Erdogan congratulated Berdymukhamedov on Turkmenistan's Independence Day

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkey congratulated his colleague Serdar Berdymukhamedov and the people of Turkmenistan on Independence Day.

"On behalf of the people of the Republic of Turkey and on my own behalf, I express my sincere congratulations and best wishes to you and the brotherly Turkmen people on the occasion of Independence Day," the congratulatory telegram published in the Turkmenistan newspaper said.

"We are proud that 31 years ago Turkey became the first country to recognize the independence of Turkmenistan, the homeland of our ancestors," Erdogan said.

He also expressed confidence that relations, underpinned by mutual political will and great strength, would continue to develop both bilaterally and at the regional and international levels.