Comprehensive care for children, creation of favorable conditions for their physical and spiritual development, safeguards for the rights of young Turkmen citizens to education, health care and many other things are the most important aspect of the socially oriented policy pursued by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

Today in Bereket district a new water reservoir intended for delivery of water of the Karakum-river to agricultural fields of the western region of the country was put in operation.

Today President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has taken part in the opening of the new military unit of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan, and also a complex of new buildings of the frontier post of the State Border Service.

One of the important events, which took place on August 6 in Avaza national tourist zone and dated for the Consultative meeting of heads of the states of Central Asia, held under the chairmanship of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, was the Economic forum of the countries of the region. As it was already informed, members of governments, heads of ministries and branch departments, representatives of financial organisations, private business, other corresponding structures, and also mass media of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kirghiz Republic, Republic of Tajikistan, Republic of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan took part in it.

I sincerely congratulate you on the commissioning of a new reservoir with a volume of 18 million cubic meters in the Bereket etrap of the Balkan velayat in the year of the era of power and happiness, the motto of which is "Turkmenistan is the Motherland of Peace and Trust", on the eve of the glorious 30th anniversary of independence of the Motherland!

Being an initiative participant of international processes, independent neutral Turkmenistan under the leadership of President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov strengthens still more its economic might, improves social and living conditions of the people’s life, and increases its authority as a reliable, responsible partner at the regional and global level. The past eventful week was yet another demonstration of successful realization of the ‘open doors’ policy and multi-faceted socially-orientated programs initiated by the leader of nation.

115 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

Strategic partnership for peace, stability, universal well-being and progress - this basic principle of the foreign policy doctrine of Turkmenistan is very topical today for modern international relations. With all evidence it was shown by the third Consultative meeting of heads of the Central Asian states, which took place under the chairmanship of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the coast of the Caspian Sea, Avaza national tourist zone.

As was already informed, in the past extended meeting of the Cabinet held following the results of six months of the year President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov announced holiday for the leadership corps of the country from August 1.

Turkmenistan has once again confirmed its conventional status as country-innovator, country-creator of ideas which proposes to the world essentially new, complex, al-round and universal approaches to the solution of actual issues of modernity of regional and global scale initiated by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.