President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov on behalf of the people and the government of the country and on his own behalf sent a message to His Excellency Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkunuv with warm congratulations in connection with his ascending the throne as the King of Thailand.

On December 3, in the Turkmen capital, VI International exhibition-fair of cotton production of Turkmenistan and the international conference «Cotton production of Turkmenistan and the world market» started, organized by the Ministry Agriculture and Water Economy, the State Commodities and Raw Materials Exchange, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the country.

Presentations and talks between the exporters and importers of “white gold” were held during Cotton Fair Exhibition in Ashgabat. They resulted in the contracts with such companies as Swiss «Paul Reinhart», «Carvon Commodities», «Rezana Trading C.A.», Turkish company «Çalyk Pamyk», «Olam International» from Singapore and others for more than 30 million 321 thousand US dollars.

Forestalling the agenda of the session, the Leader of the Nation, addressing the participants, noted that historical event was held recently in Ashgabat, the Global Sustainable Transport Conference was organized and conducted on high level under the UN aegis. Besides, the first section of the Asian Transnational Transport Corridor – Atamyrat – Ymamnazar – Akina part of Turkmenistan – Afghanistan – Tajikistan railroad was put into operation. In this regard, the Head of the State expressed sincere gratitude to the heads, leading specialists, representatives of mass media, and all those who took active part in preparation and conduct of those important events.

On December 1, German Economy Day in Turkmenistan was held in the capital’s “Ýyldyz” Hotel.

Strengthening and developing cooperation with the authoritative organizations – that was the subject of the two-day meeting held in the Turkmen capital in the fames of preparations for Turkmenistan’s chairmanship in the International Aral Sea Fund (IASF).

On December 1, President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the country, Army General Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov held a regular State Security Council meeting to hear the reports made by the heads of military and law enforcement agencies on the running year’s 11-month activity of the institutions they are in charge of, further strengthening and upgrading the agencies’ facilities and equipment, as well as on the implementation progress of the earlier presidential instructions on maintaining the socio-political stability and rule of law and order in the country.

The capital of Japan – Tokyo, hosted the 27th session of the Energy Charter Conference, where Turkmenistan was declared as the President of that largest international organization.

The capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, hosted the World Belt Wrestling Championship among the juniors born in 1999-2001, where our athletes gained major success and won13 medals – 3 golden, 5 silver and 5 bronze ones. This ensured that our national team was second in the team overall event.

The opening ceremony took place through the teleconference bridge from the venue of the festivities on occasion of putting the first link of the Asian transnational transport corridor into operation. Oil products will be delivered to the new terminal, the capacity of which is 540,000 tons, by railway and then will be exported by special vehicles.