On August 20, in the Turkmen capital, the talks were held between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov and President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon who arrived in our country on an official visit the day before.

Last week, the Turkmen capital hosted a regular (11th ) meeting of the joint Turkmen-Uzbek Committee for trade, economic, scientific, technical, and cultural cooperation, in which heads and representatives of a number of state institutions, including sectoral ministries and departments of the two countries, took part.

A regular (9th) session of the fifth convocation of Mejlis of Turkmenistan was attended by the Mejlis deputies, representatives of the relevant ministries and departments, as well as mass media.

On August 18, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov received the UN Under-Secretary General, Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Mr. Babatunde Osotimehin who arrived on a visit to our country.

On the week bygone, on behalf of President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov Chairperson of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan A.Nurberdiyeva received the credentials from Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sudan to Turkmenistan Mr. Mohammed Elias Muhamed Elhaj.

On August 17, President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel Mr. Yitzhak Carmel Kagan who presented credentials to the head of the Turkmen state.

On August 16, in all regions of the country, the elections to Gengeshi and Mejlis in the two electoral districts - № 7 “Gunesh” and № 8 “Dostluk” of Ashgabat city - took place.

The Central Committee for Elections and Referendums (CEC) in Turkmenistan announced the outcomes of elections to Geneshi and Mejli in the two electoral districts, which were held on August 16 on the wide alternative basis in the atmosphere of openness and publicity.

On August 14, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov convened an enlarged session of the Cabinet of Ministers to sum up the current year’s seven-month state-of-the-economy results. Khyakims of velayats, representatives of Mejlis, rectors of higher educational institutions, editors of newspapers and magazines, and heads of other institutions took part in the session. The agenda of session included also the personnel issues and work statements of government officials.

On August 13, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov received Vice-President of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Mr. Wencai Zhang.