All candidates for the highest government post voted during the election of the Head of the State, which started at 7 am.

The President of Turkmenistan voted at the polling station No. 48 of Kopetdag Etrap of Ashgabat located in Annaniyaz Artyk School No. 68.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoev congratulated President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov on adoption of the Resolution on declaration of December 12 as International Day of Neutrality by the UN General Assembly.

Today in Minsk, in the Palace of Sports, XXI international sambo tournament of category ""A"" - open championship of Byelorussia in sports and combat sambo for the prizes of President Alexander Lukashenko has finished. On the second day of competitions the national team of Turkmenistan has won five more medals - two gold, two silver and one bronze.

In Ashgabat 14 multi-storey apartment houses, and also objects of social infrastructure were put into operation. Hundreds families received keys to well-arranged apartments in the next new buildings of micro-district Parahat-7 and in Abadan etrap. The new shop of bakery products on Street Ataturk opened its doors wide.

At the auctions of the State raw materials and stock exchange of Turkmenistan 34 transactions were registered for the week.

The Turkmen State Publishing Service is participating in the XXIV Minsk International Book Fair Exhibit that has opened in the Belarusian capital on 8 February.

Seven medals - four gold, one silver and two bronze, have been won by Turkmenistan team on the first day of XXI international tournament in category “A” of the open championship of the Republic of Belarus in classical and combat Sambo for awards of the President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk. 14 medal events have been held on this day in total.

The Central Commission for Elections and Referenda has held a meeting with the Chairman of the Executive Committee - Executive Secretary of the CIS Sergey Lebedev, who arrived in Ashgabat as the head of the CIS Observation Mission for the elections of the President of Turkmenistan.

On February 12th the polling stations of the country will open their doors to the people of Turkmenistan, which are expected to elect a Head of State. Nation-wide presidential elections will become another evidence of the irreversibility of democratization of the society, which, in an environment of openness, transparency, and with awareness of responsibility for the future of the country, prepares to select the most worthy of the nine candidates.