The Ministry of Health Protection and Medical Industry hosted the ceremony of signing of documents between the State authorities of the country and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held working session with the participation of some Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers. Drafts profile programmes as well as the preparation of the Programme of social and economic development of the country in 2019 – 2025 have been discussed at the session.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Secretary General of the World Customs Organization Kunio Mikuriya

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov sent sincere congratulations to Nikol Pashinyan on his appointment to the post of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia.

President of the Arabic Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, the King of Morocco Mohammed VI, deputy Prime Minister of the Sultanate of Oman Fahad Al Said addressed New Year greetings to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and to Turkmen people.

“I and my spouse thank you for your letter. Bush’s family expressed its gratitude to you for your warm memories of my father, - the message of George Walker Bush addressed to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov says.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted a briefing dedicated to the preparation of the second International High-level Conference on Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases that will be convened on 9-10 April 2019 in Ashgabat on the initiative of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

To pursue the objectives of maximal harnessing of Turkmenistan’s geoeconomic potential by establishing multifunctional transport and transit corridors and by strengthening the role of the private sector in the country’s national economy, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a Resolution authorizing the Türkmen Awtoban closed joint stock company, a member of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan – the customer and the general contractor – to design and construct the Ashgabat–Turkmenabat highway and its facilities, to improve the surrounding territory, and to manage the site.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular session of the Cabinet of Ministers where the subjects of the state economic and social policy have been discussed, new projects and other utmost issues of implementation of national programmes have been reviewed and number of documents have been adopted.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov made working trip to Ahal Velayat where he inspected the construction of major facility of fuel and energy complex of the country – the plant for production of gasoline from natural plant, which is under construction in Owadandepe.