The next issue of the quarterly scientific-practical journal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs “Foreign policy and diplomacy of Turkmenistan” has reached its readers.
This September, marked by the glorious anniversary date - the 30th anniversary of the sacred independence of Turkmenistan, was highlighted by high international activity of ministries and departments in the context of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov's successful open door policy and wide cooperation with foreign states.
At the expanded meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers held on October 8 on the digital system, dedicated to summing up the results of the work done by the sectors of the national economic complex for nine months of this anniversary year, the leader of the nation Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a decree, according to which from January 1, 2022, monthly wages will increase by 10 percent employees of institutions financed from the budget, self-supporting enterprises and public associations, pensions and state benefits, scholarships for students and listeners. This decision was made in order to successfully implement in the era of power and happiness the tasks defined in the "Program of the President of Turkmenistan for the socio-economic development of the country for 2019-2025", to further improve social conditions and social security of the population.
As you know, on September 23, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, in his historic speech on the digital system at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, proposed a number of new approaches to solving various urgent global problems of our time, including the development of international cooperation in the field of healthcare.
Steadily following the course of the policy of "open doors" and broad international cooperation initiated by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, independent Turkmenistan plays more and more active role in the solution of topical issues of regional and global development. The meetings, negotiations, forums in bilateral and multilateral formats, which took place in August, serve as confirmation for it.
Turkmenistan considers the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly as an important stage in the consistent consolidation of international efforts to address key issues on the global agenda, the approval of the central and coordinating role of the United Nations in preserving and strengthening universal peace, stability and security, and the full implementation of the declared Sustainable Development Goals.
One of the priorities of the state policy pursued by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov is an intensive development of agro-industrial complex, which is directly is connected with maintenance of food abundance, expansion of export possibilities of national economy in the country. In this sphere the large scale transformations directed to increase of efficiency of agriculture, increase in the volume of output of various agricultural products is successfully carried out.
At the extended meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers which took place on July 9 and devoted to results of development of branches in the first half of the year, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov designated the actual tasks which national culture faces, having underlined that their solution should correspond to requirements of the time.
Numerous working meetings, political consultations, business negotiations and the forums organised both in our country and abroad in July, this year have become a visual evidence of the steady growth of the authority of Turkmenistan on the world arena.
One of the priority directions of the constructive foreign policy of independent neutral Turkmenistan initiated and consistently realised by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov is strengthening and expansion of fruitful cooperation with neighbouring countries in the region with peoples of which Turkmen people share common cultural and spiritual values, historically developed bonds of friendship and mutual support.
