Celebrated in the picturesque seashore of Avaza last week, the Caspian Sea Day holiday turned to be a particularly spectacular and colorful event.

On August 12, President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov received a newly-designated Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Turkey to Turkmenistan Mr. Mustafa Kapucu, who presented credentials to the head of Turkmen state.

The next, 8th volume of selected works of Turkmen leader Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov -“Towards New Heights of Progress”, is released in the Turkmen and Russian languages.

On August 11, President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces of the country, Army General Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov took part in opening of a new complex of buildings of Tagtabazar border detachment and special-purpose regimen of the State Border Service of Turkmenistan, as well as familiarized with the socio-economic activities carried out in the region.

On August 10, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov held a regular working video-selector meeting with the participation of khyakims of velayats and Ashgabat city, as well as heads of several ministries. The agenda of the meeting included discussions of the priorities of the country’s socio-economic development, including those associated with the implementation of the National Rural Development Program, as well as other issues of public life.

Last week, 16 transactions were registered at the State Commodities and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

On August 9, while visiting “Archman” sanatorium, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov got acquainted with some new social construction objects, including the sanatorium’s infrastructure facilities. In the sanatorium, the head of state accepted congratulations from his associates on the occasion of Turkmen Melon Day.

In the past week, a foundation laying ceremony of a maternity hospital took place in the settlement of Turgundy, Herat province of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. On behalf of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov, the ceremony was attended by the Turkmen delegation. According to the Order of the leader of nation, the maternity hospital will be constructed in the frames of the humanitarian assistance program for the brotherly Afghan people aimed at facilitating advancement of the Afghanistan’s health system.

On August 7, in the course of the second – final day of his working visit to the Republic of Turkey, President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

On the week bygone, the Turkmen capital hosted Days of Culture of the People’ Republic of China.