On May 8, the President of Turkmenistan convened a regular session of the Cabinet to consider the current tasks of further progressive development of the national economy’s sectors, and other topical issues of domestic and foreign state policy.

On May 8, President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov received newly appointed Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Asia, head of the United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Petko Draganov.

On May 7, President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov received Executive Director of the “Turkmenistan-US” Business Council Erik Stewart and the head of the well-known golf course design firm –“Nicklaus Design” (USA) Jack Nicklaus.

Our athletes achieved good results at the sixth World Shotokan Championship, which recently ended in Tbilisi (Georgia). Two gold and one bronze medals, won in individual kumite and team kata (complex exercises) replenished the “medal box” of Turkmen sportsmen.

40 transactions were registered at the last week’s bids at the State Commodities and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

Last week, a meeting with the delegation of Turkish parliamentarians led by Chairman of the Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Turkey Mr. Jamil Çiçek was held in Mejlis of Turkmenistan.

Last week, the Beijing Jintai Art Museum hosted a specialized exhibition of books and decorative and applied arts under the motto “Book for Peace and Progress”,

Last week, a regional meeting of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies –“Peace and Neutrality” was held in the conference hall of the “Ashgabat” Hotel. It was co-organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan.

Last week, a regional meeting of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Deputies of Mejlis of Turkmenistan, representatives of a number of ministries, departments, and international organizations accredited to our country, senior executives of the National Red Crescent and Red Cross Societies of the CIS countries, Afghanistan, Iran, Georgia, Latvia and Estonia participated in the representative forum.

Last week, a ministerial meeting of participating countries of the Memorandum of Understanding on Regional Cooperation in the sphere of drug control was held in the conference hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.