( Itar-Tass ) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has described Turkmenistan as " Russia's strategic partner."
He pointed out that the two countries have "big plans for joint work."
"Of course, we will speak first of all about energy," Putin said at the talks with his Turkmen counterpart.
"We have to step up activities of the intergovernmental commission that can show most promising areas of our cooperation aside from energy," Putin said.