On February 20, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov convened an enlarged session of the Cabinet of Ministers to consider the priority issues of state life, as well as some draft documents.

On February 19, independent neutral Turkmenistan celebrates the big national holiday - State Flag Day. President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov took part in the festivities held in the Turkmen capital to mark the remarkable date in the national calendar.

Last week, upon the errand of the President of Turkmenistan, a meeting with Secretary General of the International Exhibitions Bureau Vicente Loscertales was held in the Cabinet of Ministers building to discuss the areas of organization of international exhibitions, main objectives in perspective.

Last week, the International Conference “Turkmenistan’s neutrality - the guarantor of peace, good neighborliness and mutually beneficial cooperation”, devoted to the 6th anniversary of establishing the professional holiday – Diplomatic Workers’ Day of Turkmenistan was held in the conference hall of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

On February 18, President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the country, General of the Army Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov participated in the grand opening of a new complex of buildings of the “Asuda” frontier post of the Ashgabat frontier formation, the State Border Service of Turkmenistan.

On February 17, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov visited the Olympic Park under construction in the Turkmen capital to get acquainted with the construction progress of this large complex of sports facilities, as well as with projects of a number of its objects.

President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov signed the Laws of Turkmenistan “On making amendments and additions to the Criminal Code of Turkmenistan”,

Turkmen sportsmen have achieved remarkable success at the two large international tournaments - at the Sambo World Cup series in Minsk, the capital of the Republic of Belarus and at the International Athletics Tournament in Tehran (Iran). In total, ten medals (3 – gold, 3 – silver and 4 – bronze) replenished the “medal box” of Turkmen sportsmen.

Last week, on the threshold of the national holiday - State Flag Day, a new processing unit for the production of road bitumen was put into operation at the Seidi Refinery.

On February 16, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov conducted a video-selector meeting with participation of khyakims of velayats and Ashgabat city, as well as heads of some agencies.