Upon completion of the inauguration ceremony at Ruhyyet Palace, the motorcade of the President of Turkmenistan, accompanied by the motorcycle escort which was replaced by the cavalry further along the route, proceeded to the Oguzhan Palace Complex. The cavalrymen carried the State Flag and the Presidential Standard of Turkmenistan.  Battalions of the Guard of Honor lined up at the main entrance, fully ready for the inaugural military parade in honor of the newly elected head of state’s taking...

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony in Ruhiyet Palace, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov focused the attention of the Government on support of the family institute and provision of social and living conditions.  To provide every family with modern house, we will build new living estates, settlements and villages with all amenities; establish public service centres in throughout all these places and arrange the work of necessary service, national crafts workshops as well as technical servi...

Speaking in Ruhiyet Palace, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov outlined priorities of national economy and defined the steps for making of the country a leading industrially developed state.  Natural deposits of the country will be used for provision of prosperous life of the citizens, - the Head of the State said. Deep processing of hydrocarbon resources based on modern technologies and production of high quality items, which are on large demand in the world, as gasoline, polypropylene, pol...

Ashgabat hosted the meeting of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda in Turkmenistan, which announced the final results of the election campaign for the President of Turkmenistan. As noted at the meeting, presidential elections were held at the highest organizational level, according to the national electoral legislation and international law. In general, 97.28 percent or 3,163,692 voters took part in the vote, which indicates high civil activity of the population and its desire...

Outcomes of the elections confirm your high political authority, indicates wide recognition of your merits as a Head of the State as well as the support of your policy of further consolidation of national economy and improvement of life level of Turkmenistan citizens. Russia highly appreciates your personal input into development of friendly relations between our countries. I hope for continuation of our constructive dialog and fruitful joint work on topical subjects of bilateral and internation...

The Central Commission for Elections and Referenda in Turkmenistan held a briefing to announce the preliminary results of the presidential election.  Correspondents of major foreign news agencies, electronic, print and other media, accredited in our country, international observers, as well as heads and journalists of national media attended the meeting.  Before announcing the preliminary results of the presidential election, the Chairman of the Central Commission for Elections and Referen...

At 19:00, the voting for the elections of the President of Turkmenistan was stopped. Now, the election committees will have to count the votes.  As informed by the Central Election Committee, 97.27 percent of the constituents voted at the Presidential Elections in Turkmenistan. This information is given as of 19:00 when all polling stations stopped their work all around the country.  The vote counting will define who will become the President of Turkmenistan out of nine candidates. The cou...