January will have an action-packed program of events. Until January 10, New Year celebrations for children will be held in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the “Älem” Cultural and Entertainment Center, children’s health centers in Gekdere, and in velayats. Circus artists from the Russian Federation continue giving performance at the State Circus.

Preparations for the upcoming season are now underway at 379 bioenterprises in etraps and daikhan associations of Turkmenistan to keep cotton growers well supplied with ecologically clean and economically sound biological products. The enterprises specialize in rearing beneficial insects, such as lacewings and Habrobracon hebetor that help to control cotton pests. Biological pest control is highly efficient and environmentally safe.

Vast hydrocarbon resources have been discovered at the prospective offshore gas field, “Demirgazyk Goturdepe”, in the Caspian Sea in the course of extensive exploration carried out by “Türkmennebit” State Concern.

For informational promotion of V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in September of this year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan together with other government organizations developed Action Plan aimed at broad familiarization of the world community with the present of our country, its achievements and successes as well as 2017 Asian Games.

I express my gratitude to the members of the Agrarian Party of Turkmenistan for nominating me as a candidate for presidency, and with all my heart I wish them success in their work.

An official mascot and brand of the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games have been approved. Expressive symbols, reflecting the national identity, ethnographic and cultural-historical peculiarities of our country, the world of its nature and folk traditions have supplemented the complex of various attributes of Asian Games-2017.

Around three and half thousand pupils spend winter holidays in 14 children health resorts of Gyokdere. There are 240 children from the capital orphanage «Döwletliler köşgi» and 100 fosters of Balkanabat orphanage.

By Resolution of the President of Turkmenistan, Amanberdy Hodjamuhammedovich Tuiliev is appointed as Deputy Minister of Industry of Turkmenistan.

The residents of Oguzboy settlement in Ruhubelent etrap of Dashoguz Velayat will receive new water pipeleine, which is currently under construction according to the programme for provision of the population with quality drinking water. Realization of combined measures includes replacement of worn equipment and outdated methods of water purification, construction of water pressure facilities, introduction of new methods of control for sanitary, hygienic and ecological requirements.

The Ministry of Economy and Development announced another privatization auction during denationalization of the economy and improvement of its efficiency and increase of private sector share.