Day: July 8, 2026

Chairman of Turkmenistan’s People’s Council, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, met with Azerbaijan’s Minister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov, who is on a visit to Ashgabat, Report informs, citing the Turkmenistan State News Agency (TDH).

Jabbarov conveyed warm greetings from President Ilham Aliyev to Berdimuhamedov.

In return, the Turkmen leader extended his best wishes to the Azerbaijani president and emphasized the importance of the steadily deepening ties between the two friendly nations. He noted that relations between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan are developing on the basis of mutual respect and trust.

During the meeting, it was highlighted that Turkmenistan attaches great importance to strengthening friendship, brotherhood, and good‑neighborly relations with Azerbaijan. Reference was also made to the significance of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov’s state visit to Baku last month.

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed his gratitude once again to Azerbaijan for gifting Turkmenistan the Dostlug oil tanker during that visit.

Rescue operations have been completed at the site of a landslide in Tanchang County, northwest China’s Gansu Province, which left 21 people dead and seven injured, local authorities said on Wednesday, Report informs via Xinhua.

The injured, who are being treated in local hospitals, are in stable condition, the Longnan municipal government said at a press conference.

The landslide struck Renzang Village of Nanhe Township in Longnan City at around 6:56 a.m. on Tuesday, trapping 33 people. Five people were rescued unscathed.

Multiple rescue teams, including emergency, fire and police personnel, were swiftly deployed to the scene in the wake of the disaster.