President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the country Army General Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular session of the State Security Council where outcomes of the activity of military and law enforcement agencies for two months of the year for the improvement of equipment and facilities base of different divisions of security forces have been reviewed and future objectives have been outlined.

According to the Decree of President, supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Chairman of the State Custom Service, Lieutenant Colonel Atadurdy Osmanov is conferred with the Colonel title.

According to the Decree of President, supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Head of the State Border Guard Service, Commander of Border Guard Forces Begench Gundogdiyev was conferred with the Major General title.

According to the Resolutions of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the compositions of the following Committees from Turkmen side were approved:

The President of Turkmenistan signed the Resolution, having assigned to hold Caspian Sea: Sustainable Development and Management seminar with the participation of related departments of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan Republic, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation in cooperation with the International Oceans Institute and the State Agency for Caspian Sea Affairs under the President of Turkmenistan in Avaza National tourist zone on March 5 – 16, 2018.

President of the State, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Decree on conferring of number of military and law enforcement agencies personnel with the State awards of Turkmenistan.

The national team of Turkmenistan has won a confident victory in the qualifying tournament of the third division of the World Ice Hockey Championship, all matches of which took place in the Ice Arena “Dzetra” in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has received Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Shariatmadari, who arrived in the Turkmen capital as a head of his country’s delegation to attend the 14th specialized exhibition of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov addressed the greetings to the participants of XIV specialized exhibition of the Islamic Republic of Iran organized under Turkmen – Iranian business forum. The Head of the State highlighted in his message that these events, which are held in Ashgabat in the year under the slogan “Turkmenistan – the Heart of the Great Silk Road”, would give strong impulse to the expansion of multilateral Turkmen – Iranian relations and trade and economic cooperation.

The development of mass physical training and sports of highest achievements in our country has organized character of the state programme with long-term perspective. Healthy life style became national idea and strong consolidating factor as the result of integrated measures. The initiatives proposed by the Head of the State in this direction find unanimous support of Turkmen citizens as well as wide recognition of the world community.