On March 10, 2022, Gulmyrat Muradov, the head of the of apparatus of the Commission for holding Elections and referendums in Turkmenistan met with Muharram Akkaya, head of the Supreme Electoral Council of the Republic of Turkey, and Ali Urker, member of the Supreme Electoral Council of the Republic of Turkey, who arrived in our country as international observers.

A total of more than 98,940 young voters at the age 18 who will vote for the first time in the March 12 on Presidential elections across the country have registered, the first time they have cast their ballots in the polling stations.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov sent heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to Ms. Katalin Novak on her election as President of Hungary.

Turkmenistan, consistently implementing a peaceful foreign policy strategy based on the principles of permanent neutrality, is steadily increasing fruitful cooperation with all interested partners, both with individual states and major international organizations and authoritative regional structures.

Today, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held an online joint meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers and the State Security Council with the participation of the khyakims of the velayats and Ashgabat city to consider the preparations for the presidential elections of Turkmenistan and a number of other issues.

Today, at the building of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Chairman of the Council of Elders of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) Binali Yildirim.

Today, the Turkmen capital hosted a video conference on development of the country’s tourism sector, which was organized as part of the World Expo 2020 held in Dubai.

Turkmenistan is on the verge of a major event. Less and less time remains until the moment when the country's polling stations open their doors for the people of Turkmenistan, who, using their constitutional right, will have to fulfill their civic duty and elect the head of state.

The election campaign continues in our country, within the framework of which candidates for the highest state office hold meetings with voters. In accordance with the Electoral Code of Turkmenistan, all of them are given equal rights and opportunities for freedom of campaigning, including in the media.

A meeting of voters with the candidate for the President of Turkmenistan – the chief doctor of the Avaza sanatorium of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of the country, deputy of the Mejlis of Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan Berdymammet Gurbanov, nominated by an initiative group of citizens of the Balkan velayat, took place today at the Mekan Palace of the capital’s khyakimlik.