At the international airport of the seaside city of Turkmenbashi a grand welcome ceremony for a large group of children who have arrived from the Republic of Uzbekistan for holidays in Avaza national tourist zone, took place.

The National Parliament of Turkmenistan hosted a meeting to discuss tasks set by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the session of the Cabinet of Ministers that took place on 12 May, specifically those targeted at fighting corruption and bribery. The meeting was attended by the members of the National Parliament; Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers; Secretary of the State Security Council; heads of provincial administrations and mayor of Ashgabat.

National Institute of Sports and Tourism held the conference dedicated to publication of the Final Declaration of the “2017 Asian Games Conference: International Sport Cooperation for peace and Progress” as an official document of the 71st UN General Assembly.

Delegation of our country visited rest place of the great Turkmen poets and thinkers Magtumguly and his father Dovletmammed Azadi in Aktokay Village of Gulistan Province, Iran, where they made a prayer according to national traditions.

Turkmenistan will develop the Anti-Corruption and Bribery Program. The relevant task was assigned by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the State Security Council and the National Parliament of Turkmenistan.

The 71st General Assembly of the United Nations has published the Final Declaration of the International Sports Congress ""Asian Games 2017: International Sport Cooperation for Peace and Development"" as an official document in the six official languages of the community. The Congress was held on April 7 this year in the National Tourist Zone ""Avaza"".

A List of Standard Documents for enterprises, institutions and organizations of Turkmenistan and their activities has come out. Prepared by the Central Archive under the Cabinet of Ministers, it determines how long the records and documents should be kept.

Early voting has started in Turkmenistan in the run up to the election of Mejlis deputies to substitute the ones leaving on the end of their tenure of office in some constituencies, as well as Khalk Maslakhaty and Gengesh members due to the changes in the regional administrative-territorial system.

Turkmenistan team has won five medals at the 34th International Balkan Math Competition in Ohrid, Macedonia. In this Olympiad 20 teams from 19 countries took part, total - 116 talented schoolchildren. Asgarov Jepbar and Tirkeshov Akmyrat, the pupils of the 10th grade of the State boarding school for especially gifted children named after Saparmyrat Turkmenbashi received bronze medals, Myamiev Resul, Agamyradov Rahman and Begenjov Agamyrat, pupils of the 10th grade of Ashgabat secondary school №57 with in-depth study of English also became holders of bronze medals.

The holiday, which promotes the idea of peaceful coexistence, goodwill, humanism and calls on peoples to maintain friendly and fraternal relations, marks the special date in the national calendar. On this day, by the well-established noble tradition, people all over the country pay tribute to the memory of brave heroes who lost their lives on the battlefields of the deadliest war of the 20th century, and honor war veterans with special warmth.