Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov

 (born 1957) is the president of Turkmenistan since 2006 until 2022.

Quotes

 * Turkmenistan has always welcomed the expansion of relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran in all areas, and our independent policy in the world is conducive to the expansion of relations and cooperation between the two countries.
 * http://www.khamenei.ir/EN/News/detail.jsp?id=20070616A


 * We are very thankful to Russia. Today, Turkmenistan has no pandemic and I would like to say that it is thanks to Russia. We were among the first to register Sputnik V and EpiVacCorona. To date, our population has been vaccinated with both Sputnik V and EpiVacCorona, and we have just received Sputnik Light, which is used as a booster jab.
 * Vadim Krasnoselsky (2021) cited in "Turkmen president says no COVID cases in his country thanks to Russian vaccines" on TASS, 28 December 2021.