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.

The Executive Committee of the Institute of International Relations and Economic Cooperation under the Romanian Academy of Sciences unanimously decided to award the prestigious international title "Man of the Year" for 2010 to President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov attended the ceremony of putting the Ahal oil mill into operation. The ceremony of opening the industrial facility built in Ovadandepe settlement in Ruhabat Etrap, Ahal Velayat continued the parade of building premieres to mark the national holiday – the Day of Revival, Unity and Magtymguly’s Poetry

In the year of the 65th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War it will be for the first time in the post-Soviet history that the Red Square will host the military parade on May 9 with participation of not only representatives of the Russian Armed Forces but also military men of other nations who fought shoulder to shoulder with the Russians in 1941-1945. Turkmenistan, who made a significant contribution to the overall victory both at the front and in the rear, will be represented at the parade by soldiers of the honor guard, whose commander will ride a white Akhal-Teke horse on the Kremlin's pavement.

Another bright page will be added to the chronicle of national revival. The ceremony of putting new facilities into operation in the Avaza national tourism zone on the Caspian seashore have take place today. This project, the significance of which goes beyond the bounds of time and geography, is implemented at the national level and dominate in the consciousness of the society and the life of the state.

The specialists of the Turkmengeologiya State Concern received a thick gas flow while testing well 1 in the Minara deposit in Yoloten Etrap, Mary Velayat. The geologists’ success devoted to the National Flag Day symbolically coincided with the Turkmen leader’s visit to Mary Velayat, where the President was attending the ceremonies of launching newly constructed facilities.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov addressed the welcoming statement to participants of the international scientific conference on the Use of Alternative Energy Sources in Turkmenistan.

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.