Turkmen business people took part in the 84th International Izmir Exhibition that opened on August 25. Annually organized by the Turkish Ministry of Trade and the Izmir city’s Chamber of Commerce, the well-known and one of the largest fairs traditionally gathered more than a thousand exhibitors from about sixty countries. The fair is expected to be visited by more than one and a half million attendees.

On the week bygone, the Turkmen capital hosted the Turkmen-Kazakh business forum attended by representatives of leading ministries and sectoral departments, the Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Union of Turkmenistan, as well as by a representative delegation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

On August 25, the Turkmen capital hosted the negotiation process between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov and Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov who the day before arrived in our country on his first-time official visit.

On August 24, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov conducted a regular working meeting in the videoconferencing format with participation of some Deputies Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, khyakims of velayats and Ashgabat city, as well as the heads of a number of other structures. The videoconferencing was focused on the priority tasks of socio-economic development of the country including those which are connected with realization of the National Redevelopment Program, on the preparation measures for worthy celebration of significant dates, and other important issues of state life.

Last week, winners and prize-winners of the Wushu Junior Championship of Turkmenistan were determined in the capital’s sport center “Galkynysh”. In tandem with these competitions, a qualifying tournament was held among men and women. The best of them are to represent our country at the World Championship in the near future.

Last week, 36transactions were registered at the State Commodities and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

Last week, on behalf of President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov, the Turkmen capital hosted next session of the Steering Committee of V Asian Indoor Games and Martial Arts to be held in Ashgabat in 2017 according to the decision of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). Members of the government, heads of ministries and sectoral departments concerned took part in the session.

On August 22, the Turkmen capital hosted the “Alfa-Romeo-2015” Cup event with participation of President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov.

Turkmen students have successfully performed at the Students’ International Olympiads, including the 16th one on Mathematics, the 8th on Chemistry, and the 2nd on Statistics, which were held in Hamadan city, the Islamic Republic of Iran.

On August 21, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov conducted a regular Cabinet session to consider some draft documents and discuss the topical issues of state life.