President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), who had participated in the 60th meeting of the OCA Executive Board that had chosen Ashgabat to be the venue for its forum for the second time.

The Turkmen kickboxers won six medals in the World Cup, which took place in Seget (Hungary). The tournament was held under the aegis of the World Associaiton fo Kickboxing Organisation (WAKO) with the participation of athletes from 15 countries.

Two modern children's summer camps were commissioned on June 1 in Turkmenistan's national tourist zone "Avaza" providing for every condition for full-fledged recreation of children. More than seven hundred children from thirty countries, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the International Festival of Gifted Children, were the first guests of summer camps. From now on, tourists from abroad will be able to leave their children with their peers at a summer camp and choose for themselves any recreation program...

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.