I congratulate you with the commencement of the International Conference, “Policy of Neutrality and Preventive Diplomacy in International Relations: Experience of Turkmenistan and Its Significance”, and with International Neutrality Day, reads the address by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

During extended session of the Cabinet of Ministers on December 8, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov informed on the inclusion of Turkmen national singing art and dance kushtdepdi to the Representative List of the UNESCO Non-material Cultural Heritage and congratulated the compatriots on this event, this decision was unanimously taken at the 12th session of Interstate Committee on Protection of Non-material Cultural Heritage held in Cheju (the Republic of Korea).

In the conference hall of the capital National Institute of Sports and Tourism the ceremony in honour of prize-winners of international tournaments which passed in early December, took place.

Past week at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan 158 transactions were registered.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held extended session of the Cabinet of Ministers dedicated to the outcomes of social and economic development of the country for eleven months of 2017.

By Orders of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, for improper exercise of functions of the office and performance shortcomings, the following officials were reprimanded and issued the ultimate warning to remedy the shortcomings in the short term:

By Resolutions of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov:

The Turkmen national rite of singing and dancing, Kushtdepdi, has been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Humanity. This has been communicated at the session of the Government of Turkmenistan by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

On the occasion of International Neutrality Day, 1690 persons became Turkmen citizens. The relevant Decree has been signed by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the Government session.

On the occasion of International Neutrality Day, President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, signed the Decree on Pardoning Convicted Persons.