President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov sent deep condolences to President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Mamnun Hussein and Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Shahid Hakan Abbasi concerning the terrorist attack in military division of Swat Region that caused numerous human injuries and deaths.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov visited the Ahalteke Equestrian Complex and devoted his time to the issues of development of national horse-breeding, promotion of mass sports and preparation for the upcoming major sporting events.

Our sportsmen won two bronze medals at the 8th Indoor Field and Track Asian Championship in Iran (the Islamic Republic of Iran).

The Turkmen-Chinese forum on cooperation in the sphere of tourism took place in Beijing on February 2. The forum was organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the People’s Republic of China jointly with the State Committee for Tourism of Turkmenistan and ShuangSun and Beychen Chinese Companies.

Past week at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan 15 transactions were registered.

The International Exhibition of Industrial Products, Equipment and Modern Technologies completed its work in Ashgabat. The large-scale forum demonstrated the achievements of the domestic industry, as well as the huge potential of this sphere, to which President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov attaches the most important role in the Country Development Program for the next seven years.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular session of the Cabinet of Ministers where outcomes of work for January were summed up, actual issues of domestic policy of the State were discussed as well as the draft of certain documents were reviewed.

During the session of the Government of Turkmenistan, the Program of events and celebrations scheduled for year 2018 that will celebrate the slogan “Turkmenistan is the heart of the Great Silk Road” was submitted for consideration of the head of state.

The program of the upcoming cultural events for February includes the exhibition of selected works of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio that will be featured at the Museum of Fine Arts 7 through 25 February.

Summarizing the information at the meeting of the Government on the forum of the Board of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov noted the importance of the Turkmen initiatives on environmental and water-energy issues.