Turkmen masters of kickboxing in the tournament in Helsinki (Finland) won 11 medals, seven of which are gold, one - silver and three - bronze.

The Central Officers’ House of the Ministry of Defence hosted a presentation of President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov’s new work “Mertler Watany beýgeldýär”. The event was attended by heads and employees of military and law-enforcement authorities, teachers and cadets of military higher education institutions, cultural figures, members of the public and mass media.

Two large international jujitsu tournaments – The Grand Slam and Junior and Adults World Cup, finished in Bangkok. The performance of our compatriots was a triumph and collection of national sport achievements was supplemented by 44 medals – 11gold, 18 silver and 15 bronze. This result brought Turkmen team to the second place in total team count.

I congratulate you on the re-election to the post during Presidential Elections of February 12, which were monitored by the experts of the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

In the capital at the Mukam Palace a festive concert in honour of Day of the national flag of Turkmenistan took place. In celebrations in honour of a sacred symbol of the nation a powerful spiritual message was put, it is of great importance for education of high civilisation and patriotism that found reflexion in the overture of celebratory action - a literary-musical patriotic composition on the basis of video series. On the large screen flies the green banner of the fatherland, major events of the epoch of power and happiness – the many-sided activity of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov were reflected.

Today Turkmenistan celebrates Day of national flag. The major festive actions passed in the Turkmen capital where the flower laying ceremony at the Main Flag of the country took place.

At the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan 28 transactions for a week were registered. For the foreign currency businessmen from the United Arab Emirates and others bought aviation kerosene, low sulphur fuel oil manufactured at Turkmenbashi refineries complex. Technical sulphur technical (SC ""Turkmengaz"") became a subject of transactions of representatives of business circles of Kyrgyzstan.

“The national flag is an imperishable symbol of independence and neutrality, unity and solidarity of the people, – the message of the head of state says. – Its green cloth depicts gyols of the Turkmen carpet, the olive branch as a symbol of peace and prosperity, five stars and crescent symbolizing the brotherhood and unity, renewal and life itself.

At a Cabinet meeting on February 18th, the President addressed participants with a speech, in which he outlined the priorities of Turkmenistan's foreign policy for the next seven years.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held extended session of the Cabinet of Ministers with participation of the Mejlis deputies, representatives of diplomatic corps of the country, members of the State Security Council, directors of high education institutions, heads of mass media and other.