Head quarter of the Asian Football Confederation in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) held the award ceremony of winners of regional tournaments of 2018 AFC Cup.

Meeting with the delegation of European Union arrived to the capital on working visit led by special representative of European Union for Central Asia Peter Burian was held in the Mejlis.

The two-day seminar on the international standards of broadcasting regulation and new models of broadcasting organized by the OSCE Center in Ashgabat was held at the Yyldyz Hotel in Ashgabat.

I would like to congratulate you on the opening of the International Gas Congress, which is now in its ninth year, in independent neutral Turkmenistan and wish you good health and success, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said in his Welcome Address to the forum participants.

Following the Resolution of the UN General Assembly on declaring June 3 as the World Bicycle Day, as well as with the aim to popularize physical culture and sports, to secure the principles of the healthy life style in the society, to attract the younger generation to practicing sports, to increase the international sports authority of Turkmenistan and further promote cycling in the country, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Decree, authorizing:

It is great honour for me to send my cordial congratulations and best wishes to Your Excellency on occasion of the sacred month of Ramadan, - the message of Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said addressed to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov says. – I pray the Almighty for granting strong health and happiness to Your Excellency and wealth and prosperity to fraternal Turkmen people as well as for blessing to all Muslim ummah.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held special session of the Government in the Olympic village dedicated to the development of sports. Preparation to sport events of the year as well as number of topical aspects of the state policy was brought up for discussion.

The development of sport in Turkmenistan is one of the national ideas and priority tasks of the state, the leadership of which applies every effort to achieve the goals"", said Viatcheslav Ekimov, President of the Russian Cycling Federation, Russian former professional racing cyclist, six-time world champion, triple Olympic gold medalist famous cyclist six times world champion, three-time Olympic champion, a record-holder. In 2017, he joined the Professional Sports Council of the International Cycling Union.

During a special meeting of the Government held in the Olympic Village in Ashgabat, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov gave instructions on the preparations for the important sports events to be held in the country - the “Amul-Hazar 2018” international motor rally, the 2018 Weightlifting World Championship and the events on occasion of the World Bicycle Day that will be celebrated for the first time on June 3.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov organized a special meeting of the Government to discuss the preparations for the important sports events to be held in the country - the “Amul-Hazar 2018” international motor rally, the 2018 Weightlifting World Championship and the events scheduled for June 3 that the United Nations Organization declared as the World Bicycle Day on the initiative of Turkmenistan.