Dear participants in the Week of Culture, Dear guests, I cordially congratulate you on the opening of the Week of Culture and an international art exhibition in Lebap Velayat! I would like to wish you good health, happiness and every success in your creative activity!

The action of burning a large batch of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances seized by the law enforcement and military agencies of Turkmenistan during the successful special actions took place nearby Bagabat village in Ak Bugdai Etrap, Ahal Velayat to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

On June 19, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov conducted a regular session of the Cabinet of Ministers to consider the priority issues of state life, as well as some important draft documents.

Turkmen sportsmen were a great success at the two Asian Junior Championships – in boxing and Greco-Roman wrestling. In total, six medals - one silver and five bronze, replenished the “piggy bank” of Turkmenistan’s sport achievements.

Such solution was adopted during the areal Championship of Asia (Central Asian area) which Tajikistan has recently hosted in its capital city – Dushanbe.

Last week, in the framework of the events timed to International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, an action was held near Bagabat settlement (Ak bugday etrap, Akhal velayat) on annihilating a large batch of drugs that was confiscated in the course of a series of successful special operations carried out jointly by the law-enforcement and defence agencies of Turkmenistan.

Last week, the capital’s expo-center «Sergiköşgi» hosted the building materials industry exhibition of the Republic of Turkey, which was organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan in association with the Turkish Company “Meridyen”.

The project of constructing the gas chemical complex in the settlement of Kiyanly (in the Caspian Sea coast) has won a special award of “TXF” (Great Britain) organization as one of the Europe’s and Eurasia’s ten best projects of 2014 funded by export credit agencies. The decision was taken in the capital of France – Paris, at the early June meeting of representatives of the reputable international financial and insurance organizations, journalists.

Last week, Ashgabat hosted a two-day regional seminar on the legal and practical aspects of the patent protection of medicines, which was conducted in the frames of the international measures devoted to the 20th anniversary of the State Program “Saglyk”.

Last week, the conference hall of the “Ýyldyz” Hotel hosted a meeting of the Interstate Commission for Sustainable Development (ICSD) which coordinates and manages regional cooperation in the field of environmental protection and sustainable development of Central Asian countries.