President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov signed a decree on the establishment of the Institute of Communal Services of Turkmenistan. According to the document, the new institute was transferred to the Ministry of Communal Services of Turkmenistan.

During working trip, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was accompanied by the Head of the capital administration Sh. Durdyliyev.

On the occasion of the Science Day, Ashgabat hosted the solemn ceremony of awarding the winners of the annual competition of scientific works among young people, conducted by the Central Council of the Youth Organization named after Makhtumkuli jointly with the Academy of Sciences. Honoring the winners was held in the conference hall of the Turkmen State University named after Makhtumkuli.

In Ashgabat the international scientific conference «Science, technics and innovative technologies in the epoch of happiness» opened. The forum dated to Day of Science, brought together besides Turkmen scientists, teachers and young researchers of representatives of scientific circles from tens of other countries.

Turkmen aviators plan to open regular connection in near future with the Republic of Tajikistan that has traditionally friendly relations with our country.

The articles in the richly illustrated issue explain the significance of the Games in promoting healthy lifestyle and high performance sports in this part of the world. It gives detailed information on the steps taken by Turkmenistan that allowed our country to win the right to host Asiada–2017; the initiatives by the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

Mary hosted celebrations that marked the 100-day countdown to the opening of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games to be hosted by our capital this September.

The Media Forum ""Asian Games in the World Press"" was held in Mary. It gathered representatives of the International Sports Press Association (AISP), the sports press associations of Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Mongolia, Hong Kong, large media companies ""Triwandi Çanzo"", ""Gilmore business network"", ""Laurel"" And the television media ""PTV news"", ""Media Lusa"", the State TV and Radio Company of Belarus. Participants also included representatives of relevant departments and media of Turkmenistan. The solid composition of the delegates of the media forum attests to the great interest in the international information space for the Asian Games-2017.

In Beijing, in the building of the Trade Mission at the Embassy of Turkmenistan in China, a presentation and opening of a thematic exhibition timed to a 100-day countdown was held prior to the opening of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat.

Ashgabat has hosted a regular meeting of the Interstate Commission for Sustainable Development (ICSD) of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), organized by the State Committee of Turkmenistan for Environmental Protection and Land Resources as part of our country’s chairmanship of the IFAS in 2017-2019.