Within the frames of implementation of the national rural development program, 800 thousand square meters of housing, 62 social purpose facilities and 28 water and sewage purification stations are currently under construction in the regions of Turkmenistan.

State Maritime and River Transport Service has implemented the state plan for January by 117 percent. The pace of growth in the cargo transportation and delivery of the services was 101 percent.

The head of state has delivered an address to the nation to mark a historic event – the adoption of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution declaring December 12 International Neutrality Day.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov chaired a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers dedicated to the priority issues of public life.

The 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly has unanimously adopted the Resolution declaring December 12 as International Neutrality Day.

Within the framework of preparation for the upcoming elections of the President of Turkmenistan, all candidates for the highest state post have held meetings with voters, having visited every velayat and the capital. The candidates familiarized electorate with the election programs, with the vision of further development of the national economy and improving the Turkmen people welfare and prestige of Turkmenistan in the international community.

In Ashgabat, in ""Mekan"" palace there was a meeting of voters with the candidate for the post of President of Turkmenistan Durdygylych Orazov - Chairman of Mary velayat Committee of the Agrarian Party. Heads of local authorities, elders and community representatives, labor collectives of enterprises, the media and youth gathered in the hall.

Industrial policy of Turkmenistan is aimed at the innovative development, assurance of high level competitiveness of the national economy. To strengthen the position of industrial domestic goods at the world market, modernization of processing enterprises is carried out in the country, it is introduced high performance technology that allows to gradually increase manufacture of high quality export-oriented and import substitution products.

In January, Turkmen FEC Enterprises fulfilled plan for oil and gas condensate production by 108 percent, raw hydrocarbon deposits conversion – by 107.6 percent, while the growth rate has made up 100.7 percent.

In January, an agro-industrial complex of Turkmenistan ensured the growth of overall production by 4 percent compared to the last year’s same period.