Delegation of the Asian Football Confederation chaired by its President Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa paid work visit to Ashgabat.

21 transactions were registered at the trade of the the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan.

World Health Day marked the solemn opening of the Silk Road Monument in the city on the Amyderya.

Together with international community, Turkmenistan widely celebrated the World Health Day. Mass cycling race as well as numerous other sport activities involving the whole country and uniting thousands of people around the idea of healthy life style were timed to this date.

Renowned German musicians of band FAVO, Falk Breitkreuz and Volker Schlott, together with the famous Belgian vocalist, Sander De Winne, put the capital’s residents in the spring mood with the sounds of jazz.

The National Parliament hosted a meeting with the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that arrived in the Turkmen capital headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ri Yong-ho.

Minsk hosted the session of the Commonwealth of Independent State Foreign Ministers Assembly where Turkmenistan delegation under the leadership of the Deputy Foreign Minister Serdar Berdimuhamedov took part.

World Health Day, as a triumph of principles of friendship and peace, sports and humanism, occupies a special place in the national calendar symbolizing unity and cohesion of our society. Public physical and sports activities, recreational and cultural campaigns globally depict our independent country as the nation of health and inspiration, states the address by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

At the session of the Government of Turkmenistan that took place on 6 April, it was communicated that preparations were underway for the construction of the potash plant in Lebap province and the Ashgabat–Turkmenabat highway.

The consumers unions system in Turkmenistan will be privatized. Vice Premier, G.Myradov, presented his report on the relevant works at the Government session. Proposals on the closure and transfer of ownership of the property of this organization to the State under the Law of Turkmenistan on Consumers Unions were submitted to the head of state.