For their significant personal contribution to strengthening the independence and sovereignty of permanently neutral Turkmenistan, strengthening its defence capability, protecting its territorial integrity and constitutional order, ensuring security, public and legal order, and the rule of law, exemplary performance of official duties, and achieving high results in combat training, as well as for their many years of impeccable service to the sovereign Fatherland and courageous people, conscientious work, exceptional merits to the state and society, and significant successes in fruitful state and public work, and on the occasion of Defender of the Fatherland Day, the President of Turkmenistan and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, signed a decree. According to the document, a group of servicemen and employees of the military and law enforcement agencies of Turkmenistan were awarded medals of Turkmenistan.

On 21 December 2026, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Qu Dongyu.

On 21 January 2026, on the instructions of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the Chairperson of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, D.Gulmanova, accepted the credentials of the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Chad to Turkmenistan, Mahamoud Adam Bechir.

Today, in the capital hotel "Ýyldyz" on the margins of the Week of the UN Special Program for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) the Economic forum started its work.

The regular issue of the quarterly popular scientific magazine "Miras" which is published by the Institute of Language, Literature and National Manuscripts named after Magtymguly of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, was released out of print.

Today, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a working meeting with participation of Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers T. Atahalliyev and regional hyakims to consider the development of the agricultural sector and the progress of work in the country’s regions.

The latest issue of the quarterly scientific and applied journal «Democracy and law» has been published by the Institute of state, law and democracy of Turkmenistan in Turkmen, English and Russian.

Last week, 32 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

The past week ensured new evidence of systematic advancement of Turkmenistan on the path of progress and creation. Thanks to the progressive policy initiated National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Khalk Maslakhaty Hero-Arkadag and consistently realised under the leadership of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov a large-scale work is carried out to develop all branches and increases the well-being of population.

Today, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a regular online meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, the agenda of which included a number of issues of state life.