The Emperor of Japan Naruhito, President of the United Arab Emirates Khalifa Bin Zayed Al- Nahayan, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, Federal President of the Republic of Austria Alexander Van Der Bellen, President of Swiss Confederation Simenetta Sommaruga, President of the Republic of Slovakia Zuzana Chaputova, President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in, President of the Republic of Philippines Rodrigo Roa Duterte, the King of Sweden Karl XVI Gustaf, the King of Morocco Mohammed VI, the King of Bahrain Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa have addressed their congratulations on occasion of the Independence Day of Turkmenistan and wishes of strong health and happiness to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and success and prosperity to all people of the country.

“I cordially congratulate you on the national holiday of Turkmenistan - Independence Day! Independence is the unshakable foundation of our powerful state, the invincible basis of happy life. This is a sacred concept that gives strength and energy to create and build, as well as unites and inspires. Therefore, we widely celebrate the 29th anniversary of our independence, we meet it with excellent successes, we mark it with important events”, says President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in his congratulatory address.

Letters from foreign leaders have come to the address of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on occasion of the Independence Day of Turkmenistan.

Direct video conference session of the People’s Council of Turkmenistan has been held under the chairmanship of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

President of Turkmenistan, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Resolution on the approval of the draft Constitutional Law ""On Amendments to the Constitution of Turkmenistan"".

Deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan discussed the draft Constitutional Law ""On Amendments to the Constitution of Turkmenistan"" during the 11th meeting of the Mejlis of the sixth convocation held in frames of the Halk Maslahaty meeting.

Speaking at the Halk Maslahaty meeting, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov noted that the parliament is a special branch of state power, an integral instrument for establishing people's democracy in the political, economic and social life of the country. Formation of a qualitatively new bicameral structure of the National Parliament will create favorable conditions for strengthening the legal basis for the development of our independent country and increasing the effectiveness of work of state authorities.

“From the first days of the spread of COVID-19, our country has organized the work to ensure provision of basic medical supplies free of charge. All necessary measures are taken to improve the immune status of people. The government adopted the plan to ensure preparedness for counteraction and response to this acute infectious disease. The Plan of operational socio-economic measures to counter the pandemic was also approved”, said President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov speaking during Halk Maslahaty meeting.

Speaking at the meeting of the Halk Maslahaty, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov noted that the favorable geographic location of our country opened up wide opportunities for creating a competitive transport macrostructure. Currently, sea, road, rail, air and pipeline international logistics projects are implemented. The agreements reached on the transport corridors Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Oman and Afghanistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey will contribute to enhancing cooperation within the regions and the continent.

Speaking at a meeting of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov noted that the spread of coronavirus infection had a negative impact on the economies of all states. Nevertheless, despite the difficult financial and economic conditions in the world, Turkmenistan has achieved sustainable development of its economy, and kept significant amounts of financial resources in reserve.