The Honorable President Serdar Berdimuhamedov sent his heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardar and Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif on the occasion of Independence Day, the national holiday of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. "We highly value the relations between Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and we are confident that they will be further developed in the future for the benefit of the peoples of both countries," the Turkmen leader said in his letter. Highlighting the high level of intergovernmental relations, which are constantly being strengthened and improved, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan expressed his firm belief that mutually beneficial cooperation will be successfully promoted in the future. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Turkmen leader sincerely wished President Asif Ali Zardar and Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif good health, happiness and prosperity, and peace, development and prosperity to the fraternal people of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.