On April 18-19, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov will pay a state visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan. At a government session, Cabinet Deputy Chairman, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov informed about preparations for the visit of the head of state in Astana. Sequential dynamics of the interstate dialogue was noted at the meeting. The head of state noticed that the forthcoming summit would gain powerful momentum to the development of diverse potential of bilateral cooperation and facilitate the expansion into new relevant areas of partnership. At the Cabinet meeting, the President of Turkmenistan signed a Resolution on appointing the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Kazakh Commission on economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation on the Turkmen part. Diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan were established in October, 1992.