President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Vice President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Mansour Muhtar who arrived in turkmenistan for the participation in the ceremonies.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin, who arrived in Turkmenistan to attend the forthcoming events of the international significance.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received General Director of Central and Western Asia Department of Asian Development Bank Werner Liepach.

Turkmenistan won a gold and two silver medals, demonstrating one of the best results in high-level tournaments at the World Series of Powerlifting World Cup finals held in Dubai (UAE).

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left on working trip to Mary Velayat where he held offsite session of the Cabinet of Ministers. In Mary International Airport, the Head of the State was met by the officials.

Comprehensive system of state support of agricultural complex has been elaborated and successfully operates in Turkmenistan. Investments to the modernization of the infrastructure, technical rearmament of agricultural complex and service branches including the construction of agricultural production facilities and fertilizer production plants are the main elements of such system.

In the World Powerlifting Cup among athletes with disabilities, held in the city of Dubai (the United Arab Emirates), Sergey Meladze of Turkmenistan was awarded the silver medal in the weight category up to 72 kilograms.

Today, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has received Chief Operating Officer for the Asia Pacific region at CNH Industrial Stefano Pampalone.

It would not be a great exaggeration to say that modern civilization was established by money. It is by right related to such great invention of human though as pottery table, wheel and script of course. The earliest mention of the money is dated by the middle of II millennium BC – clay plate from Mesopotamia between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in the south of modern Iraq indicates the payment made by certain silver measure. Later in the Ancient East, metal bullions or stone weights of certain weight or measurement started to function as the money. The appearance of scale weights, which were necessary for accurate weight measurement of goods, is marked by numerous archaeological findings dated by the end of IV and III millenniums BC – the Neolith and Early Bronze Ages. These scale weights were found by the archaeologists on the territory of Turkmenistan in Anau, Kara-depe, Namazga-depe, Yilgynly-depe and many other monuments of those times. They were also used in later stage when people of northern Kopetdag foothills developed fertile delta of Murgab River hwere the Kingdom known nowadays as the country of Margush or Ancient Margiana appeared.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed his condolences to President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani over the Iran Aseman Airlines plane crash in the Zagros Mountains near Semirom, Isfahan Province, which entailed numerous human losses.