President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin congratulated President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov on the 25th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between two states.

For foreign currency businessmen from Russia bought motor gasoline manufactured at Turkmenbashi oil refineries complex and businessmen from Great Britain, the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan - straight-run gasoline, motor gasoline, diesel fuel (SOR).

Ceremony of awarding the President of Turkmenistan with the diploma conferring the honorary title ""Man of the Year"" was held during the congress ""Asian Games 2017: International Sport Cooperation for Peace and Progress"" in Avaza. The diploma was solemnly presented by the head of the Asian Chess Federation Sheikh Sultan Khalifa Sultan Shahbut Al-Nahyan.

Put into operation of sports facilities, timed to the World’s Health Day, would definitely be one of the brightest event of this year, which was declared as Year of Health and Inspiration.

President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, received renowned American professional golfer, James Nicklaus, who established his own company, Nicklaus Design, upon retirement from professional sports.

President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov received the well-known cultural and art figure of the Republic of Azerbaijan Polad Bülbüloğlu, who arrived in our country to participate in the International Congress ""Asian Games 2017: International Sport Cooperation in the name of Peace and Progress"".

President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov presented the Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who takes part in the celebrations taking place today in Turkmenbashi, with the distinctive badge and the certificate of conferring the title ""Honorary Elder of the People"".

The President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, received the governor of Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation, Alexander Zhilkin, who has arrived in Turkmenistan as part of the Russian delegation participating in the congress and expo “Asiada-2017: International Cooperation in Sports for the Sake of Peace and Progress”, dedicated to the International Health Day widely celebrated in our country.

The Memorandum of Mutual Understanding on the further development of inter-parliamentary cooperation between the delegations of the deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan and the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation was signed in Avaza.

President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov received the Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, the leader of the LDPR faction in the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the International Sports Congress ""Asian Games 2017: International Sport Cooperation in the name of Peace and Progress"".