President of Turkmenistan, Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces of the country, Army General Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov held a meeting of the State Security Council. The agenda included the discussion of work results accomplished by subordinate military and law-enforcement bodies over the first half of 2017. Among the considered issues – enhancing security and peace in the independent state, further strengthening of the force structure’s material-technical base. The meeting identified priority tasks for the near-term outlook, and selected practical steps to facilitate their effective solution.

Telephone talk between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov sent deep condolences to Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Angela Merkel over the bus accident in Bavaria that has resulted in human casualties and injuries.

Turkmen-Afghan cooperation has become more effective in recent years and continues to develop consistently and dynamically in various directions, as evidenced by a number of jointly implemented projects. The President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, said this to media representatives.

President of the Republic of Tatarstan of Russian Federation Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov on the Oraza bairamy.

Commenting on the results of the Turkmen-Afghan summit meeting at the press conference held after the event, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stressed the profound content of the meeting, the agenda of which included the entire range of issues of bilateral relations.

Ashgabat and Kabul enter new level of relations. This is the main outcome of today’s meeting of the Presidents of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan in Oguzkhan Palaca Complex. The Sides signed number of intergovernmental and interdepartmental documents.

The top-level talks between the Presidents of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan with the participation of the delegations of the two countries focused on the regional safety and bilateral cooperation.

Number of bilateral documents was signed by the outcomes of Turkmen – Afghan high-level talks.

Oguzkhan Palace complex hosts the top-level talks between the President of Turkmenistan and the President of Afghanistan. After the official greeting ceremony of President of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani had concluded, the leaders of the two states held the one-on-one talks.