President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who is on a working visit to Balkan Velayat, flew by helicopter over the Avaza national tourism zone to see the progress in implementing the projects on the beautification and development of infrastructure in the seaside resort.

Ashgabat’s Ýyldyz Hotel has hosted a Board meeting of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), co-organized by the IFAS Executive Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in cooperation with the Transboundary Water Management in Central Asia Program of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia.

The Turkmen National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan hosted a regular meeting of the Inter-ministerial Commission on Ensuring Turkmenistan’s Compliance with International Obligations in the Field of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law that was attended by representatives of the country’s National Parliament, several ministries, sectoral agencies and public organizations. The meeting reviewed the results of the Commission’s work in 2017 and discussed the issues related to the main fields of its activity.

I congratulate you with the 26th anniversary of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan and Fatherland Defenders Day, states the address by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to officers, soldiers, servicemen and cadets of the Armed Forces.

President of Turkmenistan, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the country, doctor of medicine and economy, Professor Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov took part in General Assembly of the representatives of national science. The agenda included the subject of the election of the leaders of the Academy of Sciences as well as discussion of the direction of further development of national science in the context of the realization of strategic governmental programmes.

A meeting of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda in Turkmenistan was held in Ashgabat on preparations for the election of the deputies of sixth convocation of the Mejlis and velayat, etrap and city Halk Maslahaty and Gengesh members.

It was published the current issue of the “Milli goşun” (“National Army”) magazine, edited by the Ministry of Defense for the purpose of patriotic upbringing of youth, as well as enabling servicemen to show their literary ability endowments in pages of the publication.

In settlement of Dushak in Kaka etrap of Akhal velayat within the realisation «National Rural redevelopment Program of the President of Turkmenistan for 2020» the ceremony of foundation laying of a maternity department for 20 beds took place.

At the meeting of the Government President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov supported the proposal to unite the Holiday of the Turkmen carpet and the Day of Textile Industry Workers.

The Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan has held its General Meeting to address an organizational issue.