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Iranian Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati arrive to Istanbul and are greeted by Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ulusu and Foreign Minister Ilter Turkmen at the the airport.

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Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania and Turkmenistan have signed an agreement to open up a new freight route between the Caspian and Black Seas, connecting Central Asia and Central Europe.

The new president of authoritarian Turkmenistan Serdar Berdymukhamedov calls for stronger ties with "strategic" partner Moscow during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)