President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Gilles Remy, CEO of CIFAL Group.

The multi-purpose “Ashgabat” Stadium has hosted a great celebration to mark the country’s national holiday, Independence Day, which the people of Turkmenistan hold most dear.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held extended session of the Cabinet of Ministers where number of priority issues of the state life have been reviewed. Representatives of the Mejlis, hyakims of velayats, cities and etraps, Turkmen diplomats, directors of universities, chief editors of news and magazines as well as other leaders have been invited to the session.

The President of Turkmenistan, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the country, General of the Army Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a meeting of the State Security Council. The agenda included a number of issues related to the preparations for the solemn events on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of the independence of the Motherland, as well as the urgent tasks facing the military and law enforcement agencies to ensure security and peaceful life, further modernization of the material and technical base of these departments and other.

President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the country’s Armed Forces Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Ukase “On pardoning the convicted persons on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s Independence”, releasing the pardoned Turkmen citizens from further enduring the primary custodial sanction, as well as from additional punishment as placing of the particular area detention duty.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov heard the reports of the Akhal, Dashoguz, Lebap and Mary velayats’ khyakims on the successful implementation of treaty obligations on raw cotton production by the country’s farmers, and the Balkan velayat khyakim on the delivery of targeted amounts of horticultural production. On behalf of the rural toilers, region leaders congratulated the head of state on the labor victory of Turkmen farmers.

A scientific and practical conference devoted to the 24th anniversary of the introduction of the national currency, the manat, will be held in Turkmenistan on November 1 this year.

Turkmenistan and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will sign a Memorandum of Cooperation on priority areas of interaction. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the corresponding decree at a government meeting.

Turkmenistan in November this year will celebrate the harvest festival and hold a number of cultural events of international importance.

In Turkmenistan, an international exhibition and scientific conference ""Education and Sport in the Epoch of Might and Happiness"" will be held on November 9-10 this year.