On April 1, President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan, Army General Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov convened a meeting of the State Security Council to consider the outcomes of the running year’s three-month work accomplished by the military and law-enforcement bodies. In the course of the meeting, the head of state heard detailed reports made by the heads of security agencies on strengthening of the material and technical base, the state of affairs in the spheres they are in charge of, as well as the implementation progress of earlier given instructions and assignments. Secretary of the State Security Council of Turkmenistan, Minister of National Security Ya. Berdiev delivered his report on the activities carried out in the period under review in the context of the large-scale Turkmen leader-initiated military reform, as well as on the task-oriented steps taken to enhance the national security and protect the favorable social and political climate in the country. Expressing satisfaction with the implementation course of the fundamental reform in the military sphere aimed at further strengthening and upgrading the national army’s material and technical base, training professional military cadres, as well as creating necessary conditions for military personnel’s service and life, President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov once again made emphasis on the importance of improving military proficiency and patriotic education of defenders of the Motherland. Focusing on the issues related to the activity of the Ministry of National Security, the head of Turkmen state commissioned to keep on taking all the necessary measures to ensure peaceful and happy life of the Turkmen people. Then, the floor was given to the Commander of the State Border Service M. Yslamov to report on the state of affairs on the State Frontier, as well as on the outcomes of this year’s first quarter activity of the structures answerable to him. Having noted a weighty contribution of frontier guards to the maintenance of peace and order in the Turkmen land where the traditions of friendship and good-neighborly relations with neighboring countries and their peoples have been respected at all times, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the country has stressed that independent neutral Turkmenistan will always pay unremitting attention to the issues of technical re-equipment of the Service, which is entrusted with a particularly important and responsible mission. Minister of Defense B. Gundogdyev made a detailed report on the implementation course of the military reform, which includes a number of key aspects, on the work ongoing in the subdivisions of the Armed Forces on raising the professional level of servicemen, increasing their military proficiency, as well as on the measures taken to improve the conditions for military personnel’s service and comfortable life of their families. In the after-report comments, the President of Turkmenistan assigned to keep constant control over the issues of improving professional training of the military units’ staff, regular organizing mass sporting events. In his turn, Minister of the Interior of Turkmenistan I. Mulikov informed President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov about the outcomes of work of the Ministry’s structures in the period since the beginning of 2015. The report covered the measures taken to maintain public order and stability in the country, to protect the legal rights and freedoms of citizens, as well as to prevent various violations including road accidents. The leader of nation was also familiarized in detail with the plan of activities to be held in the frames of the “Health and Happiness” Month, as well as the program worked out to ensure their high organizational level. The head of Turkmen state assigned to make necessary efforts aimed to create conditions in the Ministry’s subdivisions for organization of different sports activities and large competitions, promotion of the principles of healthy lifestyle, active participation in mass physical exercises and sport. The state of affairs in the supervised sphere, the specific measures taken in compliance with the instructions of the head of Turkmenistan to enhance the professional level of the personnel of public prosecution bodies, maintaining constant control over strict observance of national laws were in focus of the report made by Attorney General A. Hallyev. Concentrating on the necessity of taking the most serious approach to tackling the tasks set before the public prosecution agencies, President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov demanded to continue making efforts to ensure total supremacy of law and its observance by representatives of state and private institutions. Chairman of Supreme Court B. Charyev informed the head of state about the work accomplished in the reporting period on improving the country’s judicial system and bringing it in full compliance with rules of international law, as well as about the fulfillment of the earlier presidential instructions and assignments. Law and order serve as the foundation of civil peace and national concord in modern society, the leader of nation stressed, having reminded of a great responsibility of judges for their decisions, and the necessity of taking the most careful approach to examination of each criminal case. The operational measures and planned activities aimed to prevent distribution and consumption of drugs were key issues the report made by the head of the State Service for Protecting Security of the Healthy Society of Turkmenistan A. Osmanov was centered on. Highlighting a significant contribution of the Service’s staff to promotion of Turkmenistan as a country of health and high spirit, the head of state pointed out the need to continue the uncompromising combat with illegal turnover of drugs and psychotropic substances. Then, the floor was given to Chairman of the State Migration Service D. Bairamov to report on the ongoing large-scale work on introducing the world’s advanced experience and generally accepted international practice into all subdivisions of the Service. Stressing a great role of the Migration Service in establishing international cooperation and popularizing modern Turkmenistan’s achievements, President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov once again highlighted crucial importance of competent personnel policy and training of highly-qualified specialists. Then, Chairman of the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan A. Hojamgulyev reported on the state of affairs in the institution he is responsible for. Outlining a number of top-priority objectives set before the responsible executives of the Service, the head of state mentioned well-considered selection and placement of cadres, as well as technical re-equipment of the existing customs terminals destined to ensure reliable support to prevention of flow of prohibited goods into the country. Minister of Adalat of Turkmenistan B. Muhammedov was the next to make a report on the work accomplished since the beginning of the year on improving the normative legal base. Speaking of the importance of drawing up and adopting new laws, the leader of nation demanded that all legislative acts in force should be clearly interpreted to the population, for whom the personnel of law-enforcement bodies should organize regular public receptions and legal consultations. Summing up outcomes of the session, the head of Turkmen state expressed satisfaction with the work accomplished since the beginning of the year, having noted that the state would continue to give much consideration to strengthening of the national army and provision of all conditions for the service and life of valiant defenders of the Motherland and members of their families.