President Serdar Berdimuhamedov sent his deepest condolences to President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China over the numerous casualties and injuries caused by a gas explosion at a coal mine in Shanxi province.

The National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, Hero-Arkadag, sent deep condolences to the Chairman of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, in connection with the numerous casualties and injuries caused by a gas explosion at a coal mine in Shanxi province.

Today, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a regular online meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers to consider a number of issues of state life.

In order to carefully preserve the age-old spiritual and moral values of the Turkmen people, to enhance the national traditions and customs inherited from our ancestors, and to significantly strengthen the unity and cohesion of our courageous, inspired people in the era of the Revival of the new epoch of the powerful state, guided by the noble principles of generosity, good character and humanism, and in accordance with Article 81 of the Labour Code of Turkmenistan, I decree:

On May 22, 2026, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Independent States Sergey Lebedev, who arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the succesive meeting of the CIS Heads of Government Council.

On May 22, 2026, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the successive meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of Government.

On May 22, 2026, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Turchin, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the succesive meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

On May 22, 2026, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the successive meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of Government.

On May 22, 2026, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic and Head of the Presidential Administration of the Kyrgyz Republic Adylbek Kasymaliev, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the regular meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government.

On May 22, 2026, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the regular meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government.