On February 25, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov received Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Mr. Erlan Abdyldaev.

Last week, the Turkmen capital hosted a regular meeting of the Turkmen–Austrian Joint Commission, which focused on identifying new areas to expand the productive cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Austria.

On February 24, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov received Minister of Economy, Trade and Tourism of Romania Mihai Tudose, who had arrived in the Turkmen capital as the head of his country’s delegation.

Turkmen sportsmen have achieved another success at the large international chess tournament. In the “Khazar Cup” Tournament, held in the city of Rasht (Islamic Republic of Iran), our countrymen won two medals – gold and bronze.

26 transactions were registered at the last week’s bids at the State Commodities and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

By the Ukase of the President of Turkmenistan head of the State Information Agency of Turkmenistan Bekdurdy Amansaryev has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the “Neitralny Turkmenistan” newspaper.

President of Turkmenistan , Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov signed a Ukase “On pardoning the convicted persons in honor of Turkmenistan’s State Flag Day” having released the convicted persons from further serving of their primary and additional punishments in the form of living in the law-sanctioned place of residence.

On February 20, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov convened an enlarged session of the Cabinet of Ministers to consider the priority issues of state life, as well as some draft documents.

On February 19, independent neutral Turkmenistan celebrates the big national holiday - State Flag Day. President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov took part in the festivities held in the Turkmen capital to mark the remarkable date in the national calendar.

Last week, upon the errand of the President of Turkmenistan, a meeting with Secretary General of the International Exhibitions Bureau Vicente Loscertales was held in the Cabinet of Ministers building to discuss the areas of organization of international exhibitions, main objectives in perspective.