President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held an extended meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, which summed up the work of the branches over the past four months, and considered topical issues of state life. Representatives of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, hakims of velayats, cities and etraps, rectors of universities, heads of the media and other organizations were invited to participate in the meeting.

The 71st General Assembly of the United Nations has published the Final Declaration of the International Sports Congress ""Asian Games 2017: International Sport Cooperation for Peace and Development"" as an official document in the six official languages of the community. The Congress was held on April 7 this year in the National Tourist Zone ""Avaza"".

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov addressed the extended session of the Cabinet of Ministers. As noted by the head of state, the results of works conducted in the past four months show that, despite the existing problems and several difficulties related to the state of the global economy, we managed to maintain the high growth rates in all sectors of the economy.

On the eve of Constitution Day and poetry of Makhtumkuli Fragi, a representative delegation of the creative intelligentsia of Turkmenistan arrived to the province of Gulistan of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the pilgrimage to the places of the repose of the outstanding sons of the Turkmen people - classic poets Makhtumkuli and Dovletmammet Azadi.

Speaking at the session of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov placed special emphasis on the progress of reforms in the economic sphere. As mentioned, construction of 1900 major facilities worth 45 billion USD is underway in the country. About 1800 of those are being built by the local construction enterprises.

At the IV Islamic Solidarity Games under way in the Azerbaijani capital city Turkmen athletes met with the Turkish national team in the first volleyball match. Having lost to the opponents with a score 0:3, they still have the chance of competing for medals.

A List of Standard Documents for enterprises, institutions and organizations of Turkmenistan and their activities has come out. Prepared by the Central Archive under the Cabinet of Ministers, it determines how long the records and documents should be kept.

The Ministry of Industry of Turkmenistan has announced an international investment tender for the construction of a production line with a capacity of 300-600 thousand tons of cement per year within the Kelyata Cement Plant.

The seventh meeting of the Joint Turkmen-German Working Group, the agenda of which included issues of increasing partnership in the trade and economic sphere, has been held in Ashgabat.

Early voting has started in Turkmenistan in the run up to the election of Mejlis deputies to substitute the ones leaving on the end of their tenure of office in some constituencies, as well as Khalk Maslakhaty and Gengesh members due to the changes in the regional administrative-territorial system.