Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Turkmenistan for a two-day working visit to attend the CIS summit and the Caspian Environmental Summit.

Axar.az reports, citing Russian media, that Putin will also hold bilateral meetings during the visit, including talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Putin is scheduled to meet Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at the start of his visit.

The CIS leaders will hold talks on October 9 on cooperation among member states and regional issues. Putin may also brief his counterparts on the situation in Ukraine.

The Caspian Environmental Summit will bring together the leaders of Russia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Iran and Kazakhstan. The main focus will be environmental protection and the ecological security of the Caspian Sea, including the problem of its declining water level.

Putin and Pezeshkian are also expected to discuss bilateral cooperation and the situation in the Middle East.