Turkmenistan widely observed the Motherland Defender Day and the 27th anniversary of the formation of National Army.

Turkmenabat hosted the events on occasion of opening if two new 4-storey residential buildings. The buildings have been erected in the southern part of the city by the personnel of Zerger Ferro Concrete Material Plant and are designated for the personnel and their families of Lebap Velayat Police Department.

As for today, National Army includes motorized, tank, missile forces and artillery, Air Forces and Navy, marines, anti-aircraft, special forces civil defence and rescue works divisions and other.

The Centre of Public Organizations hosted IX session of the Central Council of the Women Union and IV session of National Trade Unions Centre where directions of activity of these public associations have been discussed.

Session of the Central Election and Referendum Committee of Turkmenistan dedicated to the preparation of the election of the Mejlis deputies, members of the People’s Council and Gengeshys to replace outgoing members was held. Members and personnel of the Central Committee, representatives of working groups formed up under the Committee, national observers from political parties and non-governmental organizations and mass media took part in the meeting.

Regular issues of scientific and practical magazine Foreign Policy and Diplomacy of Turkmenistan published by the Foreign Ministry in Turkmen, Russian and English languages is dedicated to the review of important events of foreign activity of our country in the fourth quarter of the last year.

The latest issue of ‘Democracy and Law’, published by the Institute of State, Law and Democracy, opens with an article entitled ‘Permanent Neutrality: The Triumph of Peace and Positive Cooperation’.

Ashgabat hosted the I Judge Conference of Turkmenistan with the participation of representative of the Supreme and Arbitrage, capital and regional courts of all levels. The agenda of the forum included the subjects of improvement of the activity of the structure in the context of key objectives of the state policy.

The information about preparation of the draft programme of reduction of seismic risks in high seismic zones of the country by the Academy of Sciences with the Mejlis and relative ministries and departments was presented at the session of the Government on January 18.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has visited the International Akhalteke Horse Breeding Complex to devote some time to writing in his study.