Turkmenistan welcomes President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, arriving to our country with a state visit.

On behalf of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, and myself personally, I extend to You and through You to the Turkmen people my sincere congratulations on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Turkmenistan's accession to the United Nations.

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and France Francois Hollande addressed congratulatory message to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, which reads: “During his visit to Ashgabat on April 28th, 1994, Francois Mitterrand paid tribute to the role of Turkmenistan in the peaceful resolution of conflicts and crisis situations. He also assured the readiness of France to cooperate with Turkmenistan in all fields.

Turkmen banks will allot easy term credits to peasant associations, economies, unions, agricultural research institutes, land owners, and tenant farmers, private businessmen - manufacturers of agricultural produces and legal entities not belonging to the state. The corresponding Resolution was signed by the President of Turkmenistan.

At the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan 64 transactions were registered this week. For foreign currency businessmen from Russia, the USA, Great Britain, Turkey, Afghanistan and others bought polypropylene, motor gasoline, total oil coke manufactured at Turkmenbashi oil refineries complex.

The meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers has summed up the results of work in the economic, social and foreign policy sectors from the beginning of the year.

In the framework of economic reforms initiated in Turkmenistan, the private sector, entrepreneurs and industrialists play an increasingly important role. This is seen in the results of the first two months of 2017.

Active implementation of the National Program of Rural Development targeted at ensuring high living standards even in the most remote regions of the country continues in Turkmenistan.

National hockey team of Turkmenistan has returned from Japan, where recently VIII Asian Winter Games have been completed. As previously reported, our countrymen, performing in such comprehensive representative competitions for the first time, have won the “small” gold medals among the participants of the second division.

Turkmenistan builds constructive collaboration with foreign partners and contributes to ensuring global peace, security and well-being.