On August 7, in the course of the second – final day of his working visit to the Republic of Turkey, President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

On the week bygone, the Turkmen capital hosted Days of Culture of the People’ Republic of China.

On August 6, according to the Election Code of Turkmenistan, early voting to Gengeshi and Mejlis started in the electoral districts of Ashgabat city: #7 “Gunesh” and #8 “Dostluk”.

Last week, in the Ministry of Oil-Gas Industry and Mineral Resources of Turkmenistan, in the frames of the 22nd meeting of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline Project Steering Committee, “Turkmengaz” State Concern was unanimously elected the leader of “TAPI Ltd.” Consortium.

On August 6, while on a working visit to the Republic of Turkey, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedovg received Chairman of the Union of Chambers of Commerce and Exchanges of Turkey Mustafa Rifat Hisarcıklioğlu. The meeting was held in the luxury hotel “Ciragan Palace” - the state guest residence of the Turkmen leader.

On August 6, in the afternoon, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov arrived in the Republic of Turkey on a working visit.

On August 5, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov left for the Kyrgyz Republic on a state visit.

Last week, the Office of the National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan (NRCST) hosted presentation of the collection of international treaties on the humanitarian rights - the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols to them, translated into the Turkmen language. The campaign was organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and NRCST under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

The President of Turkmenistan signed a Ukase on appointing Colonel Dovrangeldi Garyagdyevich Bairamov as Chairman of the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan, relieving him of the post of Chairman of the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan.

The President of Turkmenistan signed a Ukase on conferring the Presidential Security Service Chief Major General Guichgeldi Hojaberdievich Hojaberdiev the military rank of Lieutenant General.