The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan held a special briefing on August 16 on the upcoming 65th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. The Foreign Ministry spokesman briefed the media representatives on the priority positions of Turkmenistan for the 65th session of the UN General Assembly that, according to him, are based on the principles and practices of the foreign policy pursued by the President of Turkmenistan, ideas and international initiatives of the Turkmen leader focused on the further development of comprehensive cooperation with countries of the world and well-respected international organizations.

I am deeply convinced: if we set down the true aim and go to it by a carefully calculated route, a success imminent. Independent and neutral Turkmenistan confirms it above-said by the practice of its development, which has received qualitatively new acceleration in recent years. The country, as a fantastic giant, strides through barriers and difficulties, carrying the energy and optimism of the people.

he delegation of the International Monetary Fund headed by IMF Deputy Managing Director Naoyuki Shinohara visited Ashgabat. During the visit, representatives of the IMF held a series of negotiations at the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance of Turkmenistan.

The financial-industrial group "Altcom" (Donetsk, Ukraine) will begin construction of a road bridge, Atamurat-Kerkichi, across the Amu Darya river in Turkmenistan before April of this year. This was reported by the company's deputy general director Mikhail Kovalev in an interview with the internet portal "Trans-Port."

These December days marked by the historic meetings in the Turkmen land, undoubtedly, have occupied a special place in the global political calendar, particularly in the light the endeavours to build the new architecture of global energy security as well as the high effectiveness of the intergovernmental agreements – both implemented and new, which were reached during the recent visits of President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, President of the People’s Republic of China Hu Jintao and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev to Turkmenistan.

The year 2009 has been marked with the truly historic landmarks in the successful implementation of Turkmenistan’s energy policy. In the period of the world economic crisis that has adversely affected the economies of the most of the developed countries of the world Turkmenistan abiding confidently by the sustainable development strategy has enhanced its reputation as one of the leaders on the world energy market, expanded energy export routes, strengthened the material and technical base of the fuel and energy sector and ensured a stable increase in the reserves of raw materials and the potential to produce various sources of energy.

The head of the Anglo-American company "Gaffney, Cline & Associates", Peter Gaffney, confirmed the assessment of huge natural gas reserves at the Turkmen field Southern Yoloten - Osman.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met with Director General of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Jacques Diouf.