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THE PERIOD OF THE CHAIRMANSHIP IN THE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANISATION PASSED TO TURKMENISTAN President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Participates in the ECO Summit

On the invitation of the President of the ities have received a qualitatively new impetus Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, due to the accession of seven countries – Turk- the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly menistan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Berdimuhamedov took part in the 14th Sum- Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The date mit of the Economic Cooperation Organisation of the expansion of the Organisation to its cur- (ECO), held in direct videoconference mode. rent composition, November 28, is celebrated Taking into account the current situation as ECO Day. in the world, the agenda of the Summit made According to the relevant Resolution ad- a special emphasis on the development of re- opted in 1995 at the 50th session of the Gen- gional economic partnership in the period after eral Assembly of the United Nations, ECO was the COVID-19 pandemic. granted observer status at the UN. This struc- The Summit was also attended by the ture also has a similar status in the Organisation President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, the President of the Over the past period, Turkmenistan and Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the President the ECO have accumulated solid experience of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani, of joint work, which creates a solid basis for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan effective cooperation in the long term. Under Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, the President of the the leadership of the head of state Gurbanguly Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, the President of Berdimuhamedov, our country makes a con- the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, the crete contribution to building up mutually ben- President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat eficial partnership in a multilateral format and Mirziyoyev, the Prime Minister of the Islamic Re- also successfully develops friendly and good- public of Pakistan Imran Khan and the ECO Sec- neighbourly bilateral relations with the ECO retary General Dr Hadi Soleimanpour. member states. The Secretary General of the Turkic Council The main tasks of the ECO are to create Baghdad Amreyev, the Secretary General of the favourable conditions for the progressive eco- Energy Charter Urban Rusnak and others were nomic development of the region, to stimulate also invited to participate in the Summit. integration processes and to strengthen the Wide and multi-format interaction with solidarity and cooperation of the Organisation’s authoritative international and regional organ- member states and their positions in the mod- isations is defined as one of the key vectors of ern system of world economic relations. The Turkmenistan’s foreign policy strategy, based formation of an appropriate functional infra- on the principles of peaceableness, positive structure and new mechanisms for intensifying neutrality and constructive cooperation with all regional and interregional interaction that meet interested foreign partners. Taking a proactive the realities of the time and also the imple- position in developing balanced solutions to mentation of joint projects in priority areas of pressing issues of our time, our country regu- partnership are the key goals of the ECO, the larly puts forward initiatives on realising the achievement of which is also aimed at solving potential of these structures in ensuring peace urgent social issues and improving the level and and security and developing fruitful economic quality of life of peoples. and humanitarian ties, which meets the goals The participation of President Gurbanguly of common wellbeing. Berdimuhamedov in the Summit is another Turkmenistan has been a member of ECO confirmation of the commitment of the neu- since 1992. It should be reminded that this tral Motherland to the course of constructive large regional interstate association was estab- cooperation in the format of international- or lished in 1985 by Pakistan, Iran and Turkey with ganisations, including the ECO and the active the aim of closer partnership in the spheres of and proactive position of our country in- solv economy and trade. Since 1992, the ECO’s activ- ing priority regional and global tasks. 2

¤¤¤ for two months of 2021, held un­der the mot­ nis ­tan and the Uni­ted Na­tions: Coo­pe­ra­tion Kyr ­gyz Re­pub­lic and the Re­pub­lic of Uz­be­ Pre­si­dent Gurbanguly Ber­di­mu­ha­me­dov to “Turk­me­nis­tan – the Home­ of Peace and for Peace and Trust”, ti­med to coincide with kis ­tan Zey­nal Ha­jiyev. con ­ducted a regu­ lar­ sitting­ of the Cabi­ Trust”, we­re summed­ up. the 29th an­niver­sar­y of our countr­y’s acces­ ¤¤¤ net of Mi­nis­ters in videocon­fe­rence mo­de, ¤¤¤ sion to the UN. The next sta­ge of the electi­on cam­ at which prio­ri­ty issues­ of public­ li­fe we­re Rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the Mej­lis to­ok part ¤¤¤ paign, the no­mi­na­tion of can­di­da­tes for discus­sed, and draft documents we­re con­ via video link in a mee­ting of the Par­lia­ One of the prior­i­ties of the stat­e po­ mem ­bers of the Halk Masla­ ­ha­ty of the si­de­red. men­ta­ry As­semb­ly of the Or­ga­ni­sa­tion for licy, con­sis­tent­ly fol­lo­wed by Pre­si­dent Mil­li Gen­gesh, has be­en comp­le­ted in ¤¤¤ Securi­ty and Coo­pe­ra­tion in Eu­ro­pe. For the Gurbanguly Ber­di­mu­ha­me­dov, is the pre­ Turk ­me­nis­tan. Pre­si­dent Gurbanguly Ber­di­mu­ha­me­dov first ti­me, this an­nual event was held in the servation and po­pu­la­ri­sa­tion of the na­tio­ ¤¤¤ con­ducted a re­gu­lar wor­king mee­ting via An on­li­ne mee­ting of specia­lists-phy­ videocon­fe­rence for­mat, brin­ging to­get­her LATEST NEWS nalo his­t ­rical and cul­tu­ral he­ri­ta­ge in the di ­gi­tal video com­mu­nication with the par­ siot­he­ra­pists of Turk­me­nis­tan and Ger­ma­ about 270 par­lia­men­tar­ians from 57 count­ world. An im­por­tant as­pect of the lar­ge- ticipa­tion of so­me De­pu­ty Chair­men of the scale work car­ried out in this area is the ny was held at the Int­erna­ tio­ ­nal Educatio­ ries. Cabi ­net of Minis­ ­ters and the hyakims­ of ve­ ¤¤¤ nal and Scien­tif­ic Cent­re of the Minis­ t­ry of ¤¤¤ develop­ment of the breeding­ of Turk­men layats and the capit­al city. A mee­ting of the Cent­ral Com­mis­sion for ala ­bays and the further­ imp­rovement of Health and the Me­dical In­dustr­y. ¤¤¤ A mee­ting of the In­ter­govern­men­ the Hol­ding of Elections and Re­fer­enda­ in this unique breed. ¤¤¤ The Pre­si­dent of Turk­me­nis­tan, Sup­re­ tal Turk­men-Be­la­ru­sian Com­mis­sion on Turk ­me­nis­tan, devoted to the pre­pa­ra­tion ¤¤¤ Rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the Mi­nist­ry of me Com­man­der-in-Chi­ef of the Ar­med Econo­mic Coo­pe­ra­tion was held via for the electi­on of mem­bers of the Halk An onli­­ne mee­ting was held betw­ een Ag­ricul­tu­re and Environ­ment Pro­tecti­ Forces of the count­ry, Ge­ne­ral of the Ar­my video com­mu­nication in the capi­tal city, Mas ­la­ha­ty of the Mil­li Gen­gesh, was held. the he­ad of the Fo­reign Mi­nistr­y of Turkme­­ on took­ part in a two-day on­li­ne mee­ Gurbanguly Ber­di­mu­ha­me­dov con­ducted it was at­ten­ded by heads and lea­ding nis ­tan and the Re­gio­nal Coor­di­na­tor of the ting of experts from the member­ stat­es a regu­ lar­ sit­ting of the Stat­e Securit­y Coun­ specia lis­ ts of sector­al mi­nist­ries and de­ ¤¤¤ In­ter­na­tio­nal Or­ga­ni­sa­tion for Mig­ra­tion for of the Com­mon­wealth of In­de­pen­dent cil, at which the activities of the securi­ty, partments,­ as well as the bu­siness­ circles Thet Mi­nis ­ry of For­eign Af­fairs hos­ted an Cent ­ral Asia, Chi­ef of IOM Mis­sions in Turk­ Sta t­es, or­ga­ni­sed by the CIS Executive de ­fence and law-enf­orcement agencies of the two stat­es. In­ter­na­tio­nal Con­fe­rence en­tit­led “Turk­me­ me ­nis­tan, the Re­pub­lic of Ka­zakhs­tan, the Com­mit­tee. 2 Saturday 6 March 2021 THE PERIOD OF THE CHAIRMANSHIP IN THE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANISATION PASSED TO TURKMENISTAN President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Participates in the ECO Summit

1 And, looking ahead, it should be noted that during the At the same time, the head of Turkmenistan stressed the con- At the same time, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Summit, the period of chairmanship in the ECO was passed to solidating essence of the ECO as a form of economic interaction expressed his belief in the need for additional energy routes both Turkmenistan. In this regard, a corresponding Conception was de- among states united geographically, historically, by traditional cus- within the ECO region and beyond. veloped, aimed at promoting the process of sustainable economic toms and values. Based on these natural advantages and common In this context, the head of Turkmenistan noted the possibil- growth and development in the region, clearly testifying to our interests, it seems correct to call the Organisation a real structure ity of establishing targeted contacts between the Organisation and country’s comprehensively thought-out approach aimed at achiev- for the implementation of joint projects. other interstate formations on the continent, such as the Shanghai ing concrete results in fulfilling this responsible mission. Based on that, we believed that the main task of the ECO is to Cooperation Organisation, the Eurasian Economic Union and the At the opening ceremony of the online forum, the Chairman ensure sustainable development in the region through economic Commonwealth of Independent States, whose strategic interests of the previous, 13th, ECO Summit, the Prime Minister of the Is- resources and to create opportunities for large-scale constructive could, on a mutually beneficial and equal basis, coincide with the lamic Republic of Pakistan Imran Khan spoke, who congratulated cooperation for the sake of peace and prosperity, because the ECO interests of the ECO. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on passing the chairman- had the necessary capabilities not only to adequately participate in The leader of the nation also separately stressed that our ship of the Economic Cooperation Organisation to Turkmenistan. global and regional economic processes, but also to actively influ- country attached great importance to the process of restoring the At the same time, the fact of the international recognition of the ence their development, the national leader said. Afghan economy as a key factor in establishing lasting peace and initiatives of the Turkmen leader on the formation of transport and In this, Turkmenistan sees its forthcoming chairmanship in consent in the Afghan land. Turkmenistan provides assistance and transit corridors and infrastructure for reliable supplies and transit the ECO. Expressing deep gratitude to the member states for their will continue to help this brotherly country in economic revival and of energy carriers as an important condition for ensuring interna- confidence, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stressed that, the construction of systems of energy supply, transport and com- tional cooperation and sustainable development, which contrib- regarding the chairmanship as a responsible and high mission, our munications and also social facilities. uted to the growth of the authority of Turkmenistan on the world country would make every effort to make it successful and fruitful, We saw a strategic opportunity for it with great prospects in stage, was especially noted. serving common interests. the close involvement of Afghanistan in regional and continental Then the Chairman of the 14th ECO Summit, the President of In this context, the leader of the nation acquainted the Sum- economic cooperation as a participant in significant joint projects the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the deci- mit participants with the priority areas during the chairmanship of in the industrial, energy, transport, communication and logistics -ar sion to pass the chairmanship of the ECO in 2021 to Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan in the Organisation. eas, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stressed. Upon addressing sincere congratulations to President Gurbanguly As a strategic task, the Turkmen party considers assistance in As the chairman of the ECO, Turkmenistan aims to actively pro- Berdimuhamedov in this regard, the head of Turkey expressed expanding the comprehensive possibilities of partnership within mote the expansion of relations in the field of culture, sports, edu- confidence that the chairmanship of our country in the Economic the ECO in the economic, trade, industrial, energy, transport, com- cation, youth policy, tourism and intends to follow the commonal- Cooperation Organisation would be fruitful, and the undertakings munication, cultural and humanitarian spheres. ity of moral values that unite our peoples and states by the ties of carried out within its framework would serve the benefit of the en- “We plan to conduct specific work with partners to create friendship and brotherhood. In this regard, the leader of the nation tire region. conditions for the further intensification of trade and economic proposed to pay special attention to cooperation in the fields of sci- The ECO Secretary General, Dr Hadi Soleimanpour, who spoke relations among our countries, and aim at increasing the volume ence and medicine and the exchange of experience and knowledge further, also congratulated President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and diversification of goods turnover,” President Gurbanguly in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. on this event, expressing confidence that the chairmanship of Berdimuhamedov noted. Addressing the participants of the Summit, the head of Turk- Turkmenistan in the ECO would be effective and would give a new To this end, Turkmenistan proposes to start work on the cre- menistan noted our country regarded the ECO activities as one of impetus to the development of mutually beneficial interstate rela- ation of economic routes within the ECO region, regarding them the factors of effective progress in the region and saw a great prom- tions and the implementation of projects and programmes in that as the main stable system ensuring the movement of goods and ising potential for the implementation of national programmes of direction. services and the realisation of investments. Continuing the topic, the economic development of the Organisation’s member states Noting the significant role of Turkmenistan in strengthening the head of the Turkmen state identified industrial cooperation, in it. and expanding international cooperation, including that within the consolidation of the production and technological potential “At the same time, we consider it our common task to- ef the framework of authoritative organisations, in connection with and the implementation of big joint infrastructure projects among fectively use the potential of the ECO for the wellbeing and the transfer of the chairmanship of the ECO to our country, the the priority aspects of the economy. prosperity of states and peoples, peace and progress in the President of the Republic of Turkey first gave the floor to President The national leader emphasised that obviously, the key role region. As the chairman of the ECO, Turkmenistan will make Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. in achieving the goals of the economic development of the ECO every effort to achieve these goals,” President Gurbanguly At the beginning of his speech, the Turkmen leader thanked member countries and their full participation in modern processes Berdimuhamedov said. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for organising that Summit, also would be played by the transport and communication sphere, be- Concluding his speech, the Turkmen leader proposed to hold emphasising and expressing gratitude for the successful and fruit- cause the Organisation’s space was viewed as a system of optimal, the next Summit of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation in ful chairmanship of Turkey in the ECO. cost-effective and high-tech transport and communication hubs Ashgabat on November 28, 2021, on ECO Day, and invited his for- Addressing the participants of the forum, the head of state not- and routes on the Eurasian continent. eign counterparts to visit the capital of Turkmenistan to participate ed Turkmenistan considered that meeting as an important stage in In this direction, ECO member countries have successfully im- in its work. the activities of the Organisation in the context of assessing and plemented a number of projects. Among the most recent examples The President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, analysing the course made and determining prospects for the fu- of them, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov cited the launch presiding over the Summit, expressed his sincere gratitude to the ture. Speaking about that, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov of a power transmission line along the Kerki (Turkmenistan)–She- President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov for his generally characterised the work of the ECO as intensive, positively berghan (Afghanistan) route, the opening of a 30-kilometre railway participation in the Summit, his constructive and proactive position affecting regional cooperation. line between the Aqina and Andkhoy stations in Afghanistan, the in the further development of mutually beneficial cooperation in Today the ECO is a big and authoritative international struc- commissioning of an international fibre-optic communication line the ECO space, his significant contribution to strengthening friend- ture recognised in the world; over the years of its activities, various along the route Ymamnazar (Turkmenistan)–Aqina (Afghanistan), ly and good-neighbourly interstate relations and also the historic agreements have been concluded among its members and deci- and Serhetabat (Turkmenistan)–Torghundi (Afghanistan) in January speech at the forum. sions have been made on priority issues of interstate partnership. of the current year. Speaking at the Summit, the President of the Islamic Republic Continuing the topic, the head of Turkmenistan stated great work In this regard, the head of Turkmenistan suggested considering of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani cordially congratulated had been done to develop a viable strategy focused on using the the implementation of such ambitious and multilateral projects in President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the assumption of the colossal joint potential for mutually beneficial and socioeconomic various fields with the participation of other ECO countries. chairmanship of the Economic Cooperation Organisation by Turk- development. The creation of transport corridors and logistics centres has menistan. The implementation of a number of joint projects has begun, acquired particular topicality. Based on this, the Turkmen leader The head of the friendly state expressed deep gratitude to the among which the leader of the nation highlighted projects in the expressed confidence in the need for the cardinal intensification of Turkmen leader for Turkmenistan’s regular support for the peace- transport and communications sector, playing a key role in the eco- the design work of the ECO and the promotion of the most promis- ful revival of Afghanistan and the restoration of its socioeconomic nomic life of the region. ECO member countries also continue to ing models and directions in that area. infrastructure, its initiatives on and implementation of large-scale take measures for the effective development of trade, economic “Along with this, we urge to focus on the combined transit projects in such priority areas as energy, transport and communica- and investment relations in the region. transport corridors along the East–West route, from the Asia- tions. Consistent and strict adherence to the principles and goals, laid Pacific region to the European part of the continent andto- The Summit participants, who spoke further, also congratu- down in the foundation of the Organisation about thirty years ago, wards the Near East,” President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov lated Turkmenistan on assuming the chairmanship in the ECO, ex- is the most important condition for its activities. Since then, new stressed. pressing confidence that it would contribute to the further devel- members have been admitted to the ECO, and its current composi- Turkmenistan also proposes to expand cooperation in the Cas- opment of effective cooperation, including that on the formation tion has been formed. As a mechanism of economic interaction, pian Sea region, since four of the five Caspian countries are ECO of multimodal transport and transit corridors and logistics hubs of the Organisation has maintained a course free from any political members. Taking this into account, it is necessary to actively ad- regional and international importance. conjuncture and has expanded contacts with the outside world. vance through the Caspian Sea in the western and northern direc- At the end of the 14th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Also at present, building up cooperation with other interna- tions and to reach the ports of the Black and Baltic Seas. Organisation, the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip tional organisations and numerous countries, ECO is energetically The Turkmen leader also identified the creation of energy clus- Erdogan, presiding over the Summit, thanked the heads of state moving beyond the region. ters in the ECO space and the diversification of energy supplies and international structures for participating in the Summit in his As President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov noted further, we, with the participation of member states as key tasks. Currently, our closing speech. as member countries, could attribute all those results to the jointly country, together with partners, is building the Turkmenistan–Af- “With great respect, I want to once again express my heartfelt accumulated positive experience. However, time does not stand ghanistan–Pakistan–India gas pipeline, which is an example of opti- gratitude to my brother, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly still. It requires the development of new approaches to the work mal and mutually beneficial cooperation. Berdimuhamedov,” the President of the Republic of Turkey said of the Organisation, taking into account modern factors, trends in Fruitful work is also being carried out on the implementation and concluded the Summit. the world economy and vectors of activities in the region. In this of projects for the supply of electricity along the Turkmenistan–Uz- context, big tasks are assigned to the ECO, corresponding to its bekistan–Tajikistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan and Turkmenistan–Af- State News Agency specificity and unique geo-economic role. ghanistan–Pakistan routes. of Turkmenistan (TDH) 3 Saturday 6 March 2021

the mo­dern his­to­ry of the Turk­men peop­le, un­der At the same­ ti­me, it is im­port­ant to no­te that the com­mis­sio­ transa ­por­t ­tion across the Cas­pian Sea. At the sa­me time,­ the the wi­se, far-sigh­ted and prog­ressiv­ e leader­ s­hip ning of the In­terna­ ­tional­ Sea­port in Turk­men­bas­hi en­su­res an sta ­bi­li­ty of car­go trans­port­a­tion is en­su­red by the in­te­raction­ In of Pre­si­dent Gurbanguly Ber­di­muha­ me­ do­ v, nu­ increa­se in the volu­me of in­terna­ ­tional­ car­go trans­por­ta­tion of sea and rail­way trans­port, since the goods of the count­ries me r­ous pro­jects, ai­med at the rapid,­ breakth­rough growth of and crea­tes favou­rab­le con­di­tions orf the furt­her growth in of the Asian re­gion ar­rive by railw­ ay at the Cas­pian coast, from the do­mes­tic conoe ­my and the imp­rovement of the wel­far­e the count­ry’s export po­ten­tial, sig­ni­ficant­ly expan­ding the whe r­e they are sent by sea to the coas­tal sta­tes and furt­her of the count­ry’s po­pu­la­tion, are being success­ful­ly imp­le­ boun­da­ries of do­mes­tic xports.e To­day, Turkme­ nis­ ­tan crea­tes to the count­ries of Eu­ro­pe and the Midd­le East. In this re­gard, men ­ted in the count­ry. One of the key con­di­tions orf furt­her amp ­le op­portu­ ni­ ­ties orf the rea­li­sa­tion of the trans­port and par­ticular im­por­tance is at­tached to imp­roving the activities strengt­hening­ the na­tio­nal econo­mic comp­lex and main­tai­ tran sit­ po­ten­tial of the ountc ­ry. and increa­sing the pro­ducti­on capacity of the port. ning mu­tual­ly bene­ ­ficial part­ners­hips with fo­reign count­ries In this re­gard, lar­ge-scale pro­jects are being imp­le­men­ted An in­tegr­al part of the lar­ge-scale trans­for­ma­tions arc ­ried is the trans­port sys­tem, which acts as a driver of prog­res­sive to ­get­her with fo­reign part­ners to crea­te a combi­ ­ned re­gio­ out in sta­ges in the trans­port sector is the const­ruction­ of new econo­mic develop­ment. Pros­pects of the furt­her transport­ nal and in­terr­e­gio­nal lo­gis­tics yss ­tem and to form in­terna­ ­ high-qua­li­ty high­ways and the mo­der­ni­sa­tion of the technical inf ­rast­ructur­e imp­rovement are ref­lected in the Progr­am­ tio ­nal tran­sit cor­ridor­ s con­necting Cent­ral Asia and Eu­ro­pe, ba ­se of mo­tor trans­port. To­day, in all re­gions of the count­ry, me of the socioecono­mic develop­ment of the countr­y un­til the regions­ of the Cas­pian, Black and Bal­tic Se­as, the Midd­le thou­sands of ki­lo­metr­es of high-speed high­ways have be­en 2025. and Ne­ar East, South and Sout­heast Asia. One of the vivid la ­id, cont­ribu­ ­ting ot an increa­se in the tran­sit and export po­ The trans­port in­dust­ry is unique, as its develop­ment has examp ­les of this is an in­terna­ ­tio­nal pro­ject to crea­te the La­pis ten­tial of the do­mes­tic econo­my. In Ju­ne last year, a ro­ad brid­ an im­pact on every per­son in every part of the world. The Lau ­z ­li mul­ti­modal­ trans­port cor­ri­dor (Afg­ha­nis­tan–Turkme­ ­ ge across the Te­jen River was ope­ned at the checkpoint of the ba­lanced and, at the sa­me ti­me, con­fide­ nt forma­ ­tion of the nis ­tan–Azerbai­ ­jan–Geor­gia–Tur­key), unp­receden­ted in its Turka men-Ir­ nian­ bor­der. Be­si­des, wit­hin the fra­me­work of this trans ­port sector is the ba­sis for the growth of all econo­mic scale,f the ef­ective use of which will have a po­si­tive ef­fect on loo ­gis­tics pr ­ject, the Teje­ n–Sa­rahs high­way was develo­ped for sectors and inf­luences the com­pe­titiv­ eness of the count­ry’s furt ­her buil­ding up part­ners­hips among tran­sit count­ries. The heavy-du­ty vehicles travel­ling from fo­reign count­ries in tran­sit econo ­my as a who­le. Such ef­ ciency opens up nu­mer­ous op­ am­bi­tious pro­ject will cont­ribu­ ­te to strengt­he­ning pro­ductive through the ter­ri­to­ry of Turkme­ nis­ ­tan and Iran. It is im­port­ant portu­ ­ni­ties orf the segmen­ ts of the econo­my, both in terms ine ­t ­racti­on in a wi­de geo-econo­mic space. to no­te that the const­ruction­ of the high­way will provide ac- of expan­ding the scale of pro­ducti­on and con­necting in­dust­ The const­ructi­on of rail­ways is one of the prio­ri­ty areas cess for the freight tran­sit flow to the ro­ad sys­tem that runs all rial sectors with con­su­mers. The transport­ sector is one of for the develop­ment of the count­ry’s trans­port inf­rast­ructur­e, the way to the Asia-Pacific re­gion. TRANS­PORT INF­RAST­RUCTU­RE DEVELOP­MENT –

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the main­ segmen­ ts of the world econo­my, inf­luencing the sta­ which is pri­ma­rily­ due to the econo­mic ef­ ciency of this ty­pe Do­mes­tic civil viaa ­tion plays an im­por­tant ro­le in pas­ bi­li­ty and ba­lance of in­terna­ ­tional­ econo­mic re­la­tions. As the of trans­port when trans­porting­ a lar­ge num­ber of pas­sen­ sen ­ger and car­go trans­por­ta­tion both along do­mes­tic and world expe­rience shows, the growth ra­tes of the ef­ ciency gers and car­go over long dis­tances. For high traf­ c volu­mes, in ­terna­ ­tio­nal rou­tes. In recent years, the count­ry has car­ried of the econo­mies of sta­tes are accompa­ ­nied by the develop­ ra il­ trans­port provides much grea­ter cost savings, ge­ne­ra­ting out the sig­ni­ficant mode­ r­ni­sa­tion of the inf­rastructu­ r­e and ment of the trans­port in­dust­ry. A well-develo­ped econo­my great environ­men­tal, ener­gy and land-use be­ne­fits. oT ­day, the the technical re-equip­ment of air trans­port. Strengt­he­ning requi ­res an app­ropria­ ­te trans­port sys­tem. Various mo­des of develop­ment of the count­ry’s rail­way trans­port is a po­wer­ the ground inf­rastructu­ r­e is ref­lected in the const­ructi­on and trans ­port are an im­port­ant ba­sis for the concent­ra­tion and ful locomo­tive of fruit­ful coo­pe­ra­tion of our Mot­her­land not ef ­ cient ope­ra­tion of in­terna­ ­tio­nal airports­ in both Ash­gaba­ t specia­li­sa­tion of pro­ducti­on. In ad­di­tion, an imp­roved trans­ on­ly with neigh­bou­ring sta­tes, but al­so with ma­ny count­ries of and the ad­mi­nist­ra­tive centr­es of the re­gions, supp­lied with port inf­rast­ructur­e helps expand tra­de both do­mes­tical­ly and Euo ­r ­pe and Asia. The exten­sive net­work of Turk­men rail­ways advanced ra­dio naviga­tionequip ­ment from the French com­pa­ in ­terna­ ­tio­nal­ly. opens the bor­ders of our Mot­her­land for an active tra­de and ny Tha­les. Wit­hin the fra­me­work of the Na­tio­nal Prog­ram­me To ­day, lar­ge-scale work, ai­med at the develop­ment of pas ­seng­ er flow among the count­ries. When car­rying out rail­ of Civil Avia­tion Develop­ment of Turkme­ nis­ ­tan for 2012–2030, sea, air, rail­way and mo­tor trans­port is being car­ried out in way transpor­ t­a­tion, in­terna­ ­tional­ norms and ru­les are strictly furt ­her sig­ni­ficant steps are being ta­ken to en­sur­e flight sa­fe­ty Turk me­ nis­ ­tan. Invest­ments in this sector le­ad to a decrea­se ob ­served to main­tain the comp­le­te sa­fe­ty of trans­por­ta­tion. ando to int­r ­duce advanced met­hods in the ope­ra­tion of the in the trans­port com­po­nent in the fi­nal price of goods and in The com­mis­sio­ning of the Ka­zakhs­tan–Turk­menis­ ­tan–Iran in­ count ­ry’s airports.­ the cost of pas­sing goods wit­hin the fra­me­work of in­ternal­ terna­ ­tional­ rail­way about 900 ki­lo­metr­es long in 2014 became Wit ­hout dwel­ling upon the achievements gai­ned, our and exter­nal lo­gis­tics yss ­tems, which is furt­her ref­lected in the a sig­ni­ficant im­pe­tus for develo­ping rail­way lo­gis­tics, buil­ding count ­ry is per­sis­tent­ly and pur­po­se­ful­ly moving to­wards its growth of la­bour pro­ductivity and the crea­tion of new com­ up tra­de and econo­mic rela­ ­tions among the ountc ­ries along furt ­her con­ti­nuous, ra­pid econo­mic growth. The prog­ressiv­ e pe ­ti­tive advan­tag­ es on the world are­na. And this, ta­king in­to the Great Silk Ro­ad and en­su­ring the new volu­mes and high ini ­tia­tives of the na­tional­ lea­der Gurbanguly Ber­di­muha­ ­medo­ v, account the favou­rab­le geogr­ap­hical and geo­po­li­tical po­si­tion qua ­li­ty of freight traf­ c in the re­gion. The success­ful ope­ra­tion ai ­med at strengthe­ ­ning the po­si­tion of our Mot­herland­ of Turkme­ nis­ ­tan as an im­por­tant transport­ and tran­sit hub of the North–South steel main­li­ne strengt­hens the po­si­tion of on the world are­na, are lea­ding to even mo­re perf­ect of re­gio­nal and con­ti­nen­tal im­port­ance, has a po­si­tive ef­fect our count­ry as an impor­ t­ant par­ticipant in in­terna­ ­tional­ tra­de, comp ­lex trans­for­ma­tions. The proclai­med mot­to of 2021 on the count­ry’s macroecono­mic in­dicators in the form of an providing the unin­terrup­ ­ted and high-speed tran­sit trans­por­ “Turkme­ nis­ ­tan – the Ho­me of Peace and Trust” requi­res increao ­se in f ­reign exchan­ge inf­lows, a ba­lanced external­ ac- ta ­tion of oodsg across its ter­ri­to­ry. so­li­dari­ ­ty and hard work of the Turk­men peop­le in this count and the strengt­he­ning of the na­tional­ cur­rency. To ­day Turkme­ nis­ ­tan is one of the most im­por­tant trans­ di ­rection.­ The ba­lanced sta­te po­licy, ai­med at develo­ping The count­ry’s trans­port inf­rast­ructu­re is un­der­going port hubs in the re­gion. At the sa­me time,­ nu­mer­ous pro­ the count­ry’s trans­port sys­tem will furt­her imp­rove the quaa ­li­t ­tive trans­forma­ ­tions, inclu­ding the mo­der­ni­sa­tion mio ­sing pr ­jects are being con­sis­tently­ imp­le­men­ted in the social con­di­tions of the po­pu­la­tion and en­sur­e the moder­ ­ and re­novation of rail­way and bus sta­tions, the const­ruction­ count ­ry ai­med at strengthe­ ­ning the count­ry’s re­pu­ta­tion as a ni ­sa­tion, diver­si­fication and ra­pid growth of the do­mes­tic of new air­ports, along with the const­ructi­on of high-speed re ­liab­le partne­ r in the glo­bal trans­port services mar­ket. The econo ­my. auo ­t ­bahns, brid­ges and rail­ways, and this great­ly facili­ta­tes key link in the trans­port sys­tem of the Turk­men sta­te is the the movement of or­di­na­ry citiz­ ens and high­lights the im­por­ In ­terna­ ­tional­ Sea Port of Turk­men­bashi,­ which has oil loa­ding, Ay­lar HO­JA­NE­PE­SOVA, tance of the geog­rap­hical po­si­tion of the count­ry located at fer r­y, pas­seng­ er and car­go termi­ nals.­ The in­terna­ ­tio­nal port a teacher at the Turk­men Sta­te Ins­ti­tu­te the in­ter­section­ of the rou­tes conne­ cting Eu­ro­pe and Asia. plays an im­port­ant role­ in en­su­ring unin­terrup­ ­ted tran­sit car­go of Econo­mics and Fi­nance 4 Saturday 6 March 2021 TO GLORI­ FY­ A WO­MAN IS TO GLO­RI­FY THE MOTHER­ LAND­ AND LIFE­ ITSELF­ Fol­lo­wing the tra­di­tion, the celeb­ra­tions are ar­ran­ged in Ash­ga­bat on the first da­ys of spring in ho­nour of the win­ners in the Wo­man of Year Con­test. The Wo­men’s Union of Turk­me­nis­tan holds the con­test to ho­nour tho­se who ma­ke a wort­hy cont­ri­bu­tion with their pro­fes­sio­na­lism, ta­lent, crea­tive la­bour and accomp­lish­ments to en­hance the wel­ fa­re of the Mot­her­land, to pre­serve the na­tio­nal cul­tu­ral he­ri­ta­ge and to bring up the youn­ger ge­ne­ra­tion in the best na­tio­nal tra­ di­tions and al­so em­bo­dy dig­ni­ty, ho­nour and mo­ral pu­ri­ty.

Turk­men wo­men… Tall and slen­der, they conquer with their unique beau­ty, bright na­tio­nal cos­tu­mes and proud pos­tu­re. This is what travel­lers wro­te about our wo­men. Pre­serving their iden­ti­ty in the Era of Might and Hap­pi­ness, We can right­ our wo­men work with ins­pi­ra­tion in various sectors, hold pub­lic of­ ces, par­ticipa­te in ful­ly say about Ay­han Re­je­pova that she has a social li­fe and imp­le­ment the sta­te prog­ram­mes with their self­ess la­bour, en­hancing po­wer­ful and strong cha­racter. She is a bu­si­ness­wo­man; 400 peop­le work the strength of our Mot­her­land. un­der her su­pervision, of which 325 are wo­men. Ay­han star­ted doing bu­si­ness al­most The win­ners in the rounds of the Wo­man of Year Con­test came from the re­gions 25 years ago. She ope­ned a lar­ge works­hop that pro­duces hou­se shoes in the Ma­ry and Ash­ga­bat to ta­ke part in the award cere­mo­ny. The unique fea­tu­re of this an­nual et­rap, Ma­ry velayat, six years ago. To­day, she exports her pro­ducts to Afg­ha­nis­tan con­test is that it helps reveal all facets of the li­fe of our con­tem­po­ra­ries. and Kyr­gyzs­tan. Ay­han do­es not want to stop on what she has achieved. She plans to Ayna Yaz­ma­me­dova is a pri­ma­ry scho­ol teacher at secon­da­ry scho­ol 34 in the expand her bu­si­ness and to crea­te at least 100 new jobs. Sayat et­rap, Le­bap velayat. She is the first teacher for ma­ny child­ren, who opens the Ay­sol­tan Mer­dan­gel­diyeva from the Geok­te­pe et­rap, Ahal velayat, is one of tho­se do­or to the world of know­led­ge. Ayna grows an orchard with no less ze­al, giving it a who has the high tit­le of Ene Myah­ri. She has eight child­ren. She success­ful­ly com­ piece of her so­ul and heart. Her mot­her-in-law Sha­se­nem Na­za­rova ins­til­led love for bi­nes her great ma­ter­nal hap­pi­ness with her work as a nur­se at the Health Cent­re. gar­de­ning, which she in­he­ri­ted from her fat­her, in Ayna. The Yaz­ma­me­dovs are he­re­ Both as a mot­her with ma­ny child­ren and as a me­dical wor­ker, she is doing much to di­ta­ry gar­de­ners. Peop­le from ot­her velayats come to them for cut­ ngs of fruit trees. fos­ter fa­mi­ly values in young peop­le. It is gra­ti­fying that the dy­nas­ty of gar­de­ners, the Yaz­ma­me­dovs, con­ti­nues to live. The sto­ries of the­se wo­men and ot­her par­ticipants in the con­test draw a port­rait The youth, Ayna’s child­ren, have ta­ken up the craft of their ances­tors. of the Turk­men wo­man of the Era of Might and Hap­pi­ness. She is a mot­her, a wor­ker, Mer­jen Gur­ban­ta­ga­nova, who is a he­re­di­ta­ry far­mer, has not lost her love of land a cus­to­dian of na­tio­nal tra­di­tions and fa­mi­ly values, am­bi­tious and at the sa­me ti­me eit­her, though she works in a hos­pi­tal. Ten years ago, the fa­mi­ly decided to lea­se char­ming and ten­der. Each of them has become the mist­ress of her own hap­py des­ti­ land to grow wheat and cot­on. Now, they own 81 hecta­res, and the­re is a per­so­nal ny, and the sta­te po­licy of Pre­si­dent Gurbanguly Ber­di­mu­ha­me­dov, ai­med at em­po­ cont­ri­bu­tion of Mer­jen and all the mem­bers of the Gur­ban­ta­ga­novs from the Be­re­ket we­ring wo­men, is of great im­por­tance in this re­gard. et­rap, Bal­kan velayat that the Turk­men peop­le al­ways have fresh cho­rek on their The ho­no­ra­ry tit­le of the Wo­man of 2020 was awar­ded to Gu­layim Myh­ma­nova das­tar­hans. (Le­bap velayat) in the no­mi­na­tion “For Excel­lent Or­ga­ni­sa­tio­nal Skills”, Myah­ri­je­ Na­bat Nur­gel­diyeva cho­se the mi­li­ta­ry pro­fes­sion. She is a ma­jor and works as a mal Be­re­ke­tova (Ash­ga­bat) in the no­mi­na­tion “For Pre­servation and Pro­mo­tion of psycho­lo­gist at Ber­di­mu­ha­med An­nayev specia­li­sed mi­li­ta­ry scho­ol 1 in Ash­ga­bat. Na­tio­nal Han­dicrafts”, Mer­jen Ma­na­dova (Das­ho­guz velayat) in the no­mi­na­tion “For The me­dals for par­ticipa­tion in the In­de­pen­dence Day pa­ra­des shi­ne on Na­bat’s mi­li­ World­wi­de Pro­mo­tion of In­tan­gib­le Values and Na­tio­nal Cul­tu­ral He­ri­ta­ge”, Ay­sol­ ta­ry jacket. tan Mer­dan­gel­diyeva (Ahal velayat) in the no­mi­na­tion “For Achievements in Child­ Mer­jen Ma­na­dova can fascina­te you with her ta­lent of bags­hy. Be­fo­re the be­gin­ ren Rai­sing”, Na­bat Nur­gel­diyeva (Ash­ga­bat) in the no­mi­na­tion “For En­hancing the ning of the so­lemn cere­mo­ny, she did not let out the du­tar of her hands for a mi­nu­te, De­fence of the Count­ry and Ru­le of Law in Society”, Mer­jen Gur­ban­ta­ga­nova (Bal­kan strum­ming and sin­ging soft­ly. Mer­jen star­ted in­te­res­ted in folk songs in her child­ velayat) in the no­mi­na­tion “For Cont­ri­bu­tion to Ru­ral Develop­ment” and Ay­han Re­ hood, and this is not surp­ri­sing. She is from Ge­rog­ly et­rap, Das­ho­guz velayat, whe­re je­pova (Ma­ry velayat) in the no­mi­na­tion “For Achievements in Ent­rep­re­neurs­hip and the per­for­mance of epic works as a specific fea­tu­re of na­tio­nal mu­sical cul­tu­re of the Develop­ment of a Mar­ket Econo­my”. Turk­men peop­le has develo­ped great­ly. Her re­per­toi­re inclu­des The wo­men, li­ke the par­ticipants in the con­test, ke­ep peace at ho­me, fa­mi­ly well- the des­tans Gyo­rog­ly, Sayat­ly Hem­ra, Ne­jep Og­lan and Hur­luk­ga- being and health of child­ren and en­su­re the fu­tu­re of the count­ry. We say from the Hem­ra. The Era of Might and Hap­pi­ness has ins­pi­red her to crea­ bot­om of our hearts: thank you, de­ar wo­men, for your work, care and kind­ness. te the des­tan Bag­tiyar­lyk, so­me excerpts from which she per­for­ med at the award cere­mo­ny. She views her victo­ry in the con­test Iri­na IMAM­KU­LIYEVA, as that of the staff of Dur­dy Gy­lych Gen­gesh­lik Hou­se of Cul­tu­re, NT whe­re she works as Mu­sic Di­rector. Pho­to: Mak­sat AK­MAM­ME­DOV 5 Saturday 6 March 2021

Blos­som, be­loved

The capi­tal city of in­de­pen­dent neut­ral Turk­me­nis­tan is develo­ping, expan­ding its bor­ders, and the num­ber of new buil­dings and facili­ties is gro­wing with every pas­sing year. The city has stretched to­wards the foot­hill plain of the Ko­pet­dag Moun­tains the ma­in vectors of wi­de avenues Ash­ga­bat! with hou­sing es­ta­tes and mo­dern ro­ad junctions. To­day, the 17th sta­ge is being built, which is being for­med in the ram mes­ of Turk­menis­ ­tan. In the bo­ok of Pre­si­dent Gurbanguly ducti ­on with a mi­ni­mum amount of emis­sions and was­te­wa­ter, Bag­tiyar­lyk et­rap of the capi­tal, in its sout­hern part, on the Ber­di­mu­ha­medo­ v Turk­menis­ ­tan along the Way to Achieve the inclu ­ding a private ini­tia­tive for so­lid hou­se­hold was­te proces­sing. bank of La­ke Al­tyn Köl. On the inst­ructions of Pre­si­dent ­ Sus ­tai­nab­le Develop­ment Goals, it is no­ted that in our count­ry, 17 The na­tio­nal me­dical was­te ma­na­ge­ment sys­tem has be­en app­ Gurbanguly Ber­di­mu­ha­me­dov, the new secti­on of the capi­ of 17 avai­lab­le glo­bal SDGs, inclu­ding 148 (of 169) tasks and 175 roved and ope­ra­tes in the count­ry. In crea­ting an ur­ban inf­rast­ tal will be in har­mo­ny with the archi­tectu­ral lo­ok of the (of 230) in­dicators have be­en accep­ted and adap­ted for the na­tio­ ructu ­re sa­fe in all res­pects, fos­te­ring a care­ful at­ ttu­de to na­tu­ral Ash­ga­bat City to be const­ructed. So, the city bor­ders inclu­ nal econo­my. The bo­ok de­termi­ ­nes the prio­rities­ of the Na­tio­nal re sour­ ces occupies not the last place – eco-cul­tu­re of be­haviour de the ad­mi­nist­ra­tive areas located near­by. The volu­me of Strae ­t ­gy of Sus­tai­nab­le Develop­ment un­til2030, sets out the tasks is for­med from child­hood. Re­gar­ding the ra­pid expan­sion of the used ma­te­rials and structu­res from local raw ma­te­rials is of in­terna­ ­tio­nal coo­per­a­tionand out­li­nes pros­pects of part­ners­hip bor ­ders of Ash­ga­bat, the morp­ho­lo­gical ana­ly­sis of was­te streams, gro­wing, the environ­men­tal com­po­nent of the de­sign of among the sta­te and the private sector. pi ­lo­ting their sor­ting for recycling, is plan­ned. Ent­rep­re­neurs have re­si­den­tial, social and in­dust­rial facili­ties has be­en trans­ so ­me expe­rience in this area – private mi­ni-plants for proces­sing fer­red to “new rails” – an eco-exami­na­tion of each imp­le­ Was ­te Recycling to Save the Environ­ment plas ­tic and used ty­res, from which fil­lers are pro­duced for fit­ness men­ted pro­ject is car­ried out from the first da­ys of land sections, playg­rounds, inclu­ding coverings for sports facili­ties – survey. And as a re­sult, Ash­ga­bat re­si­dents can ad­mi­re the In the cour­se of in­ter­de­part­men­tal con­sul­ta­tions, was­te ma­ run ­ning tracks. per­fecti­on of the en­gi­nee­ring so­lu­tions, mo­dern archi­ nae ­g men­ t and ener­gy con­servation have be­en iden­tified­ as prio­ tectu­re, exte­rior and in­te­rior of buil­dings erected in the ri ­ty is­sues of sus­tainab­ ­le ur­ban develop­ment in the con­text of cli­ spi­rit of folk tra­di­tions. The be­loved city has app­roached ma ­te chan­ge. It should be re­min­ded that the Law of Turk­menis­ ­tan Eco-Mo­ni­to­ring Con­ti­nues the ti­me land­mark of its his­to­ry – the 140th an­niver­sa­ry. “On Was­te” was adop­ted in 2015, and it is supp­le­men­ted by new Wit ­hin the fra­me­work of the develop­ment of sus­tai­nab­le reo gu­ ­la­t ­ry le­gal acts. The sta­te ren­ders sup­port for low-was­te pro­ develop ­ment plans for Ash­ga­bat and the ad­mi­nist­ra­tive centr­es City of the Futu­ r­ e – Com­for­tab­le for Lif­e, of velayats, special at­ten­tion is pa­id to the int­ro­ducti­on of a mo­ dern sys­tem of mo­ni­to­ring the ecolo­gical sta­te of cities, inclu­ding Sa ­fe for Health the stu­dy of at­mosp­he­ric air, so­il and wa­ter. The emp­loyees of The govern­ment’s plan­ned activities re­gar­ding the sus­tai­ laao ­bo­r ­t ­ries of the Ash­ga­bat Environ­men­tal Mo­ni­to­ring Service nab ­le develop­ment of the capi­tal city, velayat cent­res and small and velayat Environ­ment Pro­tecti­on De­part­ments of the Mi­nist­ towns of the count­ry are ai­med at ensu­ ­ring univer­sal access to ry of Agricul­ ­tu­re and Environ­ment Prot­ecti­on of Turk­menis­ ­tan are re liab­ ­le and mo­dern ener­gy sour­ ces, tran­si­ting to ra­tio­nal mo­dels develo ­ping their pro­fes­sio­na­lism and mas­te­ring new techno­lo­ of pro­ducti­on and con­sump­tion, mi­ti­ga­ting the ef­fects of cli­ma­te gies. Recent­ly, they received new sta­te-of-the-art equip­ment for chan ­ge, and in ge­ne­ral – main­tai­ning the stab­le sta­te of econo­mic environ­men­tal mo­ni­to­ring of at­mosp­he­ric air, wa­ter and so­il. Du­ growth and GDP in­dicators. With the par­ticipa­tion of in­terna­ ­tio­ ring the trai­ning, a pre­sen­ta­tion of the equip­ment and its functio­ nala or­g ­ni­sa­tions, first of all the structu­ral units of the Uni­ted Na­ na ­li­ty was held, and inst­ructions on its pur­po­se and app­lication tions,a mi­ti­g ­tionand adap­ta­tionmea ­su­res against cli­ma­te chan­ge we ­re given. Then, on the ba­sis of one of the Service la­bo­ra­to­ries, are tak­ en, which imp­lies the mo­der­ni­sa­tion of pro­ducti­on. A new a hands-on works­hop was con­ducted to de­termi­ ­ne wa­ter and so­il sta ­tus is given to the work of mu­nicipal services, inclu­ding gar­de­ cona ­t ­mi­na­tion ba­sed on samp­les ob­tai­ned from surveil­lance net­ ners. Their dai­ly work is “Ash­ga­bat must be cosy, ti­dy and beau­ti­ work posts. The par­ticipants of the trai­ning con­ducted came­ral fied.” Among new ecolo­gical di­rections of the develop­ment of the proces ­sing of the ob­tai­ned re­sults and built calib­ra­tion sche­du­les. capi ­tal are cur­rent environ­men­tal in­su­rance, the develop­ment of The equip­ment provided is the third sta­ge of imp­roving the exis­ po ­wer trans­mis­sion sys­tems, the pro­mo­tion of “green” mo­des of tinge ma­t ­rial ba­se of eco-mo­ni­to­ring and increa­sing the technical trans ­port, in par­ticular bicycles, the op­ti­misa­ ­tion of the work of capacity wit­hin the fra­me­work of the joint pro­ject of the Ag­ro- pub ­lic trans­port, inclu­ding mar­king and ar­ran­ge­ment of bus la­nes Ecolo ­gical Mi­nist­ry and UNDP on sus­tai­nab­le cities develop­ment, and bicycle paths and the imp­rovement of electro­nic pay­ments which has be­en imp­le­men­ted since 2018. for travel in city bu­ses. The ecolo­gical rhythms of our capi­tal city are com­po­sed of The capi­tal city has re­si­den­tial and ad­minis­ t­ra­tive facili­ties ma ­ny com­po­nents, inclu­ding the de­si­re of the re­si­dents to see with ele­ments of low-car­bon li­fe-sup­porting­ , he­at-saving and their city cle­an, bright and beau­ti­ful, develo­ping sus­tai­nab­ly. The ener ­gy-ef­ cient sys­tems. The city at­taches par­ticular at­ten­tion concept of sus­tai­nab­le cities ap­pea­red not long ago, it is a glo­bal to reducing­ green­hou­se gas emis­sions, using cli­ma­te-sus­tai­nab­le ini ­tia­tive of the Uni­ted Na­tions, and it means the for­ma­tion of re­ techno ­lo­gies, gree­ning of pub­lic places, crea­ting ot­her com­fort source-saving sett­le­ments, wher­e growth and crea­tion of jobs, be ­ne­fits, sa­tis­fying aest­he­tic needs and app­lying achievements environ­men­tal­ly friend­ly const­ructi­on and the crea­tion of con­di­ of scien­tific­ and techno­lo­gical prog­ress. The provisions of sta­te tions for pro­tecti­on of hu­man health and cor­ners of na­tu­re, for­ prog ­ram­mes are in har­mo­ny with ma­ny Sus­tainab­ ­le Develop­ment med in the city and the su­burbs, are sti­mu­la­ted. Goals and di­rectly pro­mo­te their imple­ ­men­ta­tion. The re­sults of Ele­na DOL­GOVA, the UN ana­ly­sis con­firm that the glo­bal in­dicators of the SDGs NT are op­ti­mal­ly in­tegr­a­ted in­to the na­tio­nal stra­te­gies and prog­ Pho­to: Ha­san MA­GA­DOV 6 Saturday 6 March 2021

“The mau­so­leum of Sul­tan San­jar is one of few buil­dings in Merv that survived the Mon­gol devas­ta­tion and sub­sequent wars. It can still be se­en from afar on the way to Old Merv. Accor­ding to Ya­kut (13th cen­tur­ y), the blue do­me of the mau­so­leum was visib­le at a distance­ of one day’s jour­ney of the caravan, and this is about 30 ki­lo­met­res! In­side­ the building­ , high un­der the do ­med vault, the na­me of the mas­ter who led the construc­ ti­on has be­en pre­served. His na­me was Mu­ham­med At­siz al-Sa­rah­si. And alt­hough not­hing el ­se is known about him, the very crea­tion of his al­lows us to un­ders­tand that he was a great archi­tect of his ti­me. Scientists­ found out that the syst­ em of a doub ­le-wal­led brick do­me, inven­ted by him, was repea­ ­ted onl­y three cen­tu­ ries la­ter in dis­tant Ita­ly, in the covering of the dome­ of the ma­in cat­hedral­ of Flo­rence.” Pre­si­dent of Turk­me­nis­tan Gurbanguly BER­DI­MU­HA­ME­DOV LE­GEN­DA­RY ARCHI­TECTS OF TURK­MENIS­ ­TAN In the Era of Might and Hap­pi­ness, owing to the ti­reless­ at­ten­tion and care of Const­ructi­on was con­si­de­red a respon­ ­sib­le or­ga­ni­sa­tio­nal task, on­ly tes­ted and the Her­o-Ar­ka­dag, the capi­tal of our Mot­her­land, Ash­ga­bat, has tur­ned in­to one of com ­pe­tent peop­le wer­e al­lo­wed to do it, and the work was mo­ni­to­red very strictly. the most beau­ti­ful cities in Asia. Now it is a whi­te-marb­le metr­o­po­lis, the squa­res Accor ­ding to Ras­hid ad-Din, trust­worth­ y of­ cials, ho­nest and expe­rienced scri­bes and and avenues of which are decora­ted with ma­jes­tic pa­laces, com­for­tab­le resi­ ­den­tial archi ­tects who knew how to draw up plans wer­e ap­poin­ted to cont­rol the const­ructi­ hou ­ses, unique buil­dings and facili­ties, some­ of which have al­rea­dy inscri­bed on the on. They very spa­ring­ly calcula­ted all the ma­te­rials, their cost and the expected work Guin ­ness World Records. The well-plan­ned park areas with fes­tive il­lu­mi­na­tion with with such a quan­ti­ty as if the per­sons ma­king paymen­ ts with the wor­kers com­mit a sha ­dy al­leys and babb­ling foun­tains, whe­re Ash­ga­bat re­si­dents love to re­lax, coming cri ­me, the shor­ta­ge and los­ses would be com­pen­sa­ted by them. The ap­poin­ted peop­ to the parks with their who­le fa­mi­lies, al­so crea­te a special com­fort. And it should be le and es­ti­ma­tors re­gu­lar­ly coun­ted the funds al­rea­dy used and tho­se that we­re in­ten­ un ­der­li­ned that the­re is a great merit­ of Turk­men archi­tects in the constructi­ ­on and ded for work, and ba­sed on this, de­man­ded a report­ from each ans­we­rab­le per­son. for ma­ ­tion of the pre­sent-day lo­ok of our city. Con­ti­nuing the long-stan­ding ar­tis­tic In each case, su­pervisors we­re ap­poin­ted to prevent the use of po­or ma­te­rials in the tra di­ ­tions of their grandf­ather­ s and great-grand­fat­hers, who wor­ked in the field of work and chan­ges in the com­po­si­tion of the brick or mor­tar (for examp­le, re­moving archi ­tectur­e, mo­dern Turk­men buil­ders can al­ways re­fer to the examp­les, his­to­rical li ­me or ad­ding earth to them). Their respon­ ­si­bi­li­ty was en­su­ring the comp­liance of expe rience­ and recog­ni­sed mas­terpieces­ crea­ted by medie­ val mas­ters. The structu­res constructi­ ­on with the es­tab­lis­hed procedu­re and techno­lo­gies that gua­ran­teed its that have come down to us from that dis­tant ti­me are evidence of the extraor­di­nar­y qua. ­li­ty gi f­ted­ness of our ances­tors, and now the­se unique crea­tions of na­tio­nal cul­tur­e are It is im­por­tant to empha­ ­si­se that the aut­hor of the pro­ject, usual­ly an expe­rienced part of our rich tan­gib­le he­ri­ta­ge. archi ­tect, was in char­ge of the const­ructi­on, from dra­wing up plans to fi­nis­hing work. The archi­tectu­ral mo­nu­ments of sout­hern Turk­menis­ ­tan of the 11th-ear­ly 13th Hiso ­t ­rical inscrip­tions, preser­ ved on so­me mo­nu­ments from that era, men­tion the cen ­tu­ries are vivid examples­ of a new di­rection­ of local archi­tectu­re. The very pe­ na ­mes of the ru­ler, the trus­tee ent­rus­ted with the work, and the chie­ f archi­tect or riod of the rise­ of the Great Sel­juk Turk­men sta­te set the tasks of rapid,­ varied and, ma ­in craftsmen­ who wor­ked on the const­ructi­on of the buil­ding. Archi­tectu­ral mo­nu­ o f­ten, mo­re lar­ge-scale const­ructi­on within­ the boun­da­ries of lar­ge cities and nu­me­ ments of the 11th-12th cen­tu­ries brought to us several na­mes of outs­tan­ding mas­ters rous sett­le­ments along lar­ge tra­de rou­tes. It was at that ti­me, the ti­me of the activa- of sout­hern Turk­menis­ ­tan, crea­tors of buil­dings of im­pe­ris­hab­le artis­ ­tic signi­ ­ficance: tion of the Great Silk Ro­ad and the flou­ris­hing of tran­sit tra­de and its cent­res and Abu Bakr (Dan­da­na­kan mosque, 1090s), Ali ibn Ziyad (mi­na­ret in De­his­tan, 1102), Mu­ the extreme­ ly­ in­tensiv­ e develop­ment of all kinds of crafts in them that the process ham ­mad ibn-At­syz al-Sa­rah­si (mau­so­leum of Sul­tan San­jar, earlier­ than 1152), Abul- of forma­ ­tion of pro­ducti­on associa­ ­tions (inclu­ding const­ructi­on special­ties) in a kind Hu ­sein ibn-Mu­ham­mad al-Nak and Mu­ham­mad ibn al-Hu­sein al-Nak (a mosque in of shop-type­ or­ga­ni­sa­tion was comp­le­ted. Among them, works­hops of ma­sons, car­ De ­his­tan, early­ 13th cen­tu­ry). We should al­so men­tion the mas­ter of archi­tectu­ral pen ­ters, carvers and ot­hers as­socia­ted with archi­tectu­ral activities, which cont­ri­bu­ted epig ­rap­hy Alia­ba­di Abu-Man­sur Asad ibn-Mu­ham­mad Tai­fi from Se­rahs. to the growth of crafts­mans­hip, the preser­ vation and trans­fer of skills and The archi­tects of Turk­menis­ ­tan of the 11th-12th cen­tu­ries, of cour­se, we­re well know led­ ­ge are known. acquain ­ted with techno­lo­gy and in practice skil­ful­ly used a varie­ty of buil­ding ma­te­ rials, they had a go­od know­led­ge of so­me laws of structu­ral mecha­nics, sig­ ni ­ficant da­ta re­gar­ding app­lied mat­he­ma­ticsand the constructi­ ­on of comp­lex geot me­ ­ric or­na­men­tal sys­tems on the pla­nes of walls and on the sur­face of do ­mes, which tes­ti­fies to their per­fect mas­te­ry of the met­hods of pla­ne geo­ met ­ry. In ad­di­tion to the bril­liant use of the artis­ ­tic pos­si­bi­li­ties of the brick- work it­self for decora­ting the walls, ganch carving played a sig­ni­ficant ro­le in archi­tectu­ral decora­tion. The mosques of De­his­tan and Dan­da­na­kan, and the mau­so­leum of Sul­tan San­jar de­monst­ra­te examp­les of the high develop­ ment of tra­di­tions as­socia­ted with it. It can be se­en how its techniques wer­e cons ­tant­ly being imp­roved, it was per­for­med in two and three spa­tialpla ­nes, ta ­len­ted­ly com­bi­ning an exqui­si­te pat­tern with the overall mo­nu­men­tali­ ­ty of the com­po­si­tion, and fi­nal­ly, it har­mo­nious­ly mer­ged the mo­tives of vege­tab­ le, epig­rap­hic and geo­met­ric or­na­ments. The archi­tectu­re of Turk­menis­ ­tan of that pe­riod had the most im­por­tant qua ­li­tiescha ­racte­ri­sing the true ma­turi­ ­ty of archit­ectu­ral thought and ma­king it pos­sib­le to att­ri­bu­te the works crea­ted wit­hin it to the mo­ment of its hig­ hest rise.­ Among them are such im­por­tant as­pects of buil­dings as strength, functio ­nal vali­di­ty, ra­tio­na­li­ty and beau­ty. The afo­remen­ ­tio­ned mas­ters wro­te glo ­rious pa­ges in the an­nals of our na­tio­nal archi­tectu­re with their crea­tive works. The value of them go­es beyond the na­tio­nal cul­tu­re, and they are the pro ­per­ty of all hu­man­kind. Their crea­tions are still a sub­ject of clo­se stu­dy byo his­t ­rians and ar­tists and, most im­por­tant­ly, they are an excel­lent school­ for young Turkmen­ archi­tects as an examp­le of serious­ en­ginee­ ­ring trai­ning, crea ­tive app­roach and full de­dication in serving their craft. Aga­bay ATA­GAR­RIYEV, a se­nior re­search wor­ker at the Ins­ti­tu­te of His­to­ry and Archaeo­lo­gy, Acade­my of Sciences of Turk­me­nis­tan Pho­to: Sa­git BA­TA­LOV 7 Saturday 6 March 2021

We all know well what a healt­hy li­fes­ty­le is. Thanks to the po­licy pur­sued by Pre­si­dent Gurbanguly Ber­di­mu­ha­me­dov, a healt­hy li­fes­ ty­le has en­te­red the dai­ly li­fe of the Turk­ men peop­le and serves as the ba­sis of it. This is a healt­hy be­haviour that re­duces the risk Health in of develo­ping se­rious di­sea­ses. An im­por­ tant place he­re is given to healt­hy ea­ting which helps prevent a sig­ni­ficant por­tion of di­sea­ses. The NT edi­to­rial staff con­ti­nues to tell the rea­ders about the health be­ne­ficial pro­per­ ties of fo­od pro­ducts. To­day’s ar­ticle is about Every Grain cereals that we add to our di­et al­most every day. The NT cor­res­pon­dent as­ked for recom­ men­da­tions the Di­rector at the In­for­ma­tion Cent­re of the Mi­nist­ry of Health and the Me­ dical In­dust­ry of Turk­me­nis­tan Ogul­myah­ri GEL­DIYEVA: “One of the most po­pu­lar cereals in our count­ ry is rice. It is used to cook not on­ly milk grits and si­de dis­hes, but al­so the tra­di­tio­nal na­tio­nal dish – de­licious and crumb­ly plov. “We know from his­to­ry that the ho­me­land of rice is Sout­heast Asia. The first Eu­ro­peans to tas­te rice por­rid­ge we­re the sol­diers of Alexan­der the Great. For cen­tu­ries, ea­ting rice was an expen­sive plea­su­re, and it was used mainly­ as a re­me­dy upon the recom­men­da­tion of a doctor. “Rice is pro­duced from the cereal grass plant of the sa­me na­me. Befo­ ­re coo­king rice grains, tough spi­ke­let glu­mes are re­moved (thres­hed). Rice grains “To­day, corn, al­so known as mai­ze, is one of the “Oat pro­ducts are rich in calo­ries (for examp­le, clea­ned in this way con­tain 70-80 per cent of car­bo­ second most wi­de­ly grown cereal crop af­ter wheat. 100g of oat grains provide 351 kcal) and are ea­sily­ hyd­ra­tes (starch), up to 12 per cent of pro­teins, up Corn is grown in dif­fe­rent cli­ma­tic zo­nes. di­ges­ted, the­re­fo­re they are wi­de­ly used in the di­et to 4 per cent of fats, mi­ne­ral salts (inclu­ding so­dium “Corn grain con­tains up to 70 per cent of car­bo­ of child­ren and sick people.­ ones) and vita­mins (main­ly B-group vita­mins). hyd­ra­tes, 9-12 per cent of pro­teins, 4-6 per cent of “The well-known oat fla­kes are ma­de from oat Rice pro­tein is com­men­ded for the high nut­ri­tio­nal fats (up to 60 per cent in the germ), up to 2 per cent groats that have be­en flat­tened­ and steamed.­ Such qua­li­ties: it is well ab­sor­bed and con­tains es­sen­tial of mi­ne­ral salts and vita­mins B1 (0.15-0.2 mg per treat­ment increa­ses the nut­ri­tio­nal value, rai­ses ami­no acids (vali­ne, ly­si­ne and met­hio­ni­ne). 100 g 100 g), B2 (about 100 mg per 100 g), B3 (pan­tot­he­ the di­ges­ti­bi­li­ty of oat pro­ducts and imp­roves their of rice con­tains 351 ki­localo­ries, which is mo­re than nic acid), B6 and H (bio­tin), among ot­hers. Yellow­ tas­te. in ma­ny ot­her cereal grains. corn varie­ties con­tain much provita­min A (caro­te­ “Oat flour used to be a wi­desp­read pro­duct. It is “Rice is wi­de­ly used in the di­et of infants­ and el­ ne). It should be no­ted that corn grains are sig­ni­ a who­le-grain flour ma­de from ground oats. Today,­ der­ly peop­le. Rice starch and sli­my broth have long ficant­ly in­fe­rior to wheat grains in the nut­ri­tio­nal oat flour is used much less of­ten and main­ly as a be­en used to treat acute di­ges­tive di­sor­ders. pro­per­ties, main­ly due to the low qua­li­ty of pro­tein die­ta­ry product.­ It is recommen­ ded­ to the pa­tients “Buckwheat is the record holder­ among cereals and the lack of vita­min PP (niacin) in. with gast­roin­tes­ti­nal di­sor­ders, anae­mia and ner­ for the content­ of pro­tein and B-group vita­mins. It “The most valuab­le pro­tein with es­sen­tial ami­no vous break­down. acids (ly­si­ne and tryp­top­han) accumu­la­tes in the “Bar­ley is the ear­liest cul­tivated cereal crop. In contains­ quite a plen­ty (10-13 per cent) of quickly corn germ that al­so con­tains all vita­mins, as well as ancient Egypt, whe­re bar­ley was the ma­in grain di­ges­tib­le pro­teins that are mo­re who­le­so­me than fats rich in un­sa­tu­ra­ted fat­ty acids and phosp­ha­ti­ crop, it was grown as ear­ly as 4000 BC. It was al­so proteins­ of ot­her cereal grains; it con­tains less car­ des. known to the south of Egypt (in North Af­rica) and bohyd­ ­ra­tes (63 per cent), so it is go­od for obe­se “Im­ma­tu­re corn cobs (its su­gar varie­ties) are in In­dia, Chi­na, Transcaucasia and Central­ Asia people.­ Buckwheat is a so­urce of vita­mins B , B , 1 2 ea­ten fresh and boi­led. Fresh im­ma­tu­re corn ker­ long be­fo­re our era. So­me peop­les baked­ bread B and PP (in terms of the content­ of B vita­mins, 6 nels are can­ned. Ma­tu­re corn ker­nels are proces­sed from bar­ley. Bar­ley was one of the stap­le foods in buckwheat ge­ne­ral­ly sur­pas­ses al­most all cereals) in­to flour, grits, fla­kes, popcorn, starch, sy­rup and ancient Greece and Ro­me. and mi­ne­rals (iron, calcium, io­di­ne, phosp­ho­rus ma­ny ot­her pro­ducts. Corn oil that is rich in un­sa­ “Pearl bar­ley and fi­ne-ground bar­ley are ma­de and es­pecial­ly mag­ne­sium). Buckwheat al­so con­ tu­ra­ted fat­ty acids (inclu­ding es­sen­tial li­no­leic acid) from bar­ley grains. To pro­duce pearl bar­ley grains tains vitamin­ P (ru­tin) and or­ganic­ acids (ma­lic, and vita­min E is pro­duced from corn germs, af­ter are proces­sed to remove­ its fib­rous ou­ter hull. To citric­ and oxalic ones). It is ea­si­ly ab­sor­bed by the their se­pa­ra­tion from ker­nels. Corn oil has a gol­den pro­duce fi­ne-ground bar­ley pee­led bar­ley grains body,­ the­re­fo­re it is wi­de­ly used in ba­by and di­et yel­low colour, we­ak odour, go­od tas­te and is ea­si­ly are ground. fo­od. di­ges­tib­le. “Pearl bar­ley con­tains up to 65 per cent of “It is as­su­med that the ol­dest cereal plant is corn, “Oats is a very ancient cereal grain. It is as­ car­bo­hyd­ra­tes, up to 12 per cent of pro­teins, mo­ and it is cer­tain­ly the lar­gest of the cereals. The su­med that it was first grown in Eu­ro­pe in the II re than 2 per cent of fats and 2.8 per cent of ash ances­tors of corn, which have not survived to this mil­len­nium BC. It ranks among the most valuab­le ele­ments. In terms of ami­no acid compo­ si­ ­tion day, ap­pa­rent­ly grew in Cent­ral and South Ame­rica. cereal crops. Oats has nu­me­rous uses in foods; (especial­ ly,­ lysi­ ne­ content),­ barley­ protein­ is more­ Peop­le be­gan to cul­tivate corn in the V mil­len­nium most com­mon­ly, it is rol­led or crus­hed in­to oat­ valuab­le than wheat one. Pearl and fi­ne-ground BC. The Mayan In­dians grew it in the ter­ri­to­ry of meal. As a go­od so­urce of car­bo­hyd­ra­tes li­ke all bar­ley grains con­tain much (up to 5.5 per cent) pre­sent-day Mexico, and ot­her In­dian tri­bes grew cereals, hul­led oat grains (groats) rank first among of fib­re, so they have the low diges­ ­ti­bi­lity.­ For corn even ear­lier. The first expe­di­tions of Colum­ grain and cereal crops for fat con­tent (4-11 per patients­ with gastroin­ tes­ ti­ nal­ disor­ ders­ it is better­ bus brought corn cobs to Eu­ro­pe, and corn be­gan cent). Oat­meal is al­so rich in pro­teins (10-19 per to cook soups with pearl bar­ley and fi­ne-ground to be grown in Spain in the ear­ly 16th cen­tu­ry, cent) and is a so­urce of vita­mins B1, B2 and B4, K, barley.”­ and it spread throug­hout Eu­ro­pe and reached Asia potas­ sium,­ phospho­ rus,­ iron, magne­ sium,­ iodi­ ne­ In­tervie­wer: In­na BU­ROVA, about a cen­tu­ry la­ter. and others.­ NT 8 Saturday 6 March 2021 Pre­pa­ring for Im­por­tant Exams At the recent mee­ting of the Cabi­net of Mi­nis­ters, Pre­si­dent Gurbanguly Ber­di­mu­ha­me­dov ­ was in­for­med of the draft Cycling Pro­mo­tion Prog­ram­me of Turk­me­nis­tan for 2021–2025 and the draft Acti­on Plan to the Prog­ram­me. Spea­king about the ti­me­li­ness of pro­mo­ting the lar­ge-scale phy­sical cul­tu­re and sports movement in our count­ry, the lea­der of the na­tion emp­ha­si­sed sport was a crucial factor cont­ri­bu­ting to peace and friend­ly re­la­tions among sta­tes and na­tions. Sports dip­lo­macy that has a pro­found im­pact on the fo­reign po­licy of our sta­te enab­les Turk­me­nis­tan to mo­re of­ten host ma­jor in­ter­na­tio­nal tour­na­ments, inclu­ding cycling com­pe­ti­tions. This is il­lust­ra­ted by the World Track Cycling Cham­pions­hips to be held in Ash­ga­bat this au­tumn.

The Turkmen­ lea­der high­ligh­ted the im­por­ This met­hod is ba­sed on the electrical cur­rent tance of brin­ging the draft Prog­ram­me in li­ne with con ­ductance pro­per­ties of tis­sues. An in­tegr­al met­ mo ­dern requir­e­ments, in par­ticular, the adop­tion hod es­ti­ma­ting bo­dy com­po­si­tion, the mea­su­re­ of mea­su­res to build up ma­te­rial and technical re­ ment of bo­dy cons­titu­ ­tion in er ­la­tion ot exces­sive or sources necessa­ ­ry to pro­mo­te cycling in the count­ in ­suf­ cient bo­dy mass, is used. Thus, the device can ry. An im­por­tant step to­wards this go­al was ma­de de ­termi­ ne­ the risks of develo­ping or the pre­sence of in 2013, when the Na­tio­nal Cycling Technical Centr­e various di­seases­ and the bio­lo­gical age of a per­son of Turk­menis­ ­tan was es­tab­lis­hed on the ini­tia­tive and can se­lect an op­timal­ met­hod of lo­sing weight or of Presi­ ­dent Gurbanguly Ber­di­mu­ha­medo­ v (the gai­ning muscle mass and the phy­sical activity level. A Cycling Pro­mo­tion Prog­ram­me for 2013–2017 was si­mi­lar ana­ly­sis will be con­ducted du­ring the ten-day app ­roved the same­ year) that pro­found­ly facili­ta­ trais ­ning se ­sions. The­re­fo­re, Turkmen­ athle­ ­tes are to ted the work of the Na­tio­nal Cycling Fe­de­ra­tion. pass a very se­rious test for pro­fes­sio­nal ap­ti­tude.­ Along with buil­ding up the ma­te­rial and technical Cur r­ently­ , our cyclists are having trai­ning ses­sions ba se,­ the new sports or­ga­ni­sa­tion is esr ­pon­sib­le at the Yash­lyk child­ren’s recrea­tion cent­re, located for providing ath­le­tes, coaches and jud­ges with in the pictu­resque locali­ty of Geok­de­re. The trai­ning metho­ ­do­lo­gical pub­lications, trai­ning and se­lecting ses sions­ are held twice a day. They per­form grea­ter the stron­gest ath­le­tes for the na­tio­nal te­am, or­ amounts of exercise, inclu­ding a ti­me-speed se­ries at ga ni­ ­sing com­pe­ti­tions ta various levels, inclu­ding a dis­tance of 150 ki­lo­metr­es along the high­ways. The in ­terna­ ­tio­nal ones and ma­ny ot­hers. cyclists, trai­ned by an expe­rienced coach from Das­ Repea r­ sen­ ­t ­tives of the Na­tional­ Technical Cent­ ho ­guz, multip­ ­le cham­pion of Turk­menis­ ­tan, Can­di­ re receive and accom­mo­da­te fo­reign de­le­ga­tions. da ­te for Mas­ter of Sports Nar­gel­di Ig­dyr­ov, regu­ lar­ ­ly For examp­le, specia­lists from the In­terna­ ­tional­ Cy- visit the in­door cycling track at the Ash­gaba­ t Olympic­ cling Union (UCI) and its division, UCI World Cycling Comp ­lex, whe­re they al­so have high trai­ning loads. Cent ­re (WCC) are expected to visit our capi­tal this In 2017, this sports facili­ty, certi­ ­fied as the most spring to train Turkmen­ ath­le­tes, coaches and jud­ mo­dern one in the Centr­al Asian region,­ hos­ted the ges and to test cyclists using special techno­lo­gies. track cycling tour­namen­ t of the 5th Asian In­door One of such high-tech mi­racles is the Watt­bi­ke and Mar­tial Arts Ga­mes. Now, we are prepa­ ­ring exercise bi­ke. The Next Gene­ ­ra­tion in­door cycling for the lar­ger-scale tour­namen­ t – the World Track machi ­ne can be used not on­ly to hold cycling Cycling Cham­pions­hips, which speaks of the excep­ trai­ning ses­sions, but al­so to de­termi­ ­ne athle­ ­tes’ tio ­nal cha­racteris­ ­tics of the cycle track and the high phy ­sical capacity. The smart bi­ke is an ae­ro­dy­na­mic skills of Turkmen­ specia­lists in or­gani­ ­sing ma­jor trai ­ning device using an electro­mag­ne­tic er sis­ ­tance in ­terna­ ­tio­nal tour­namen­ ts. sys ­tem. It of­fers the clo­sest expe­rience to actual­ Re ­tur­ning to the trai­ning ses­sions in Gok­de­re, we ly ri­ding a bi­ke on the ro­ad. The cycling machi­ne should say that the ath­le­tes from the men and wo­ has nu­mer­ous electro­nic sen­sors con­nected to an men’s teams imp­rove their fit­ness in the gym and on ath ­le­te that show his or her cur­rent health and the adjace­ nt moun­tain trails whe­re they run man­ y fit­ness benchmarks. Most im­port­antly­ , the exercise kit lo­ ­me r­es. All this best of all imp­roves their muscle bi ­ke will ma­ke the ma­in ver­dict – whether­ cycling is strength and boost their en­du­rance, which is in ma­ go ­od for the per­son sit­ ng on it or not. So, Turk­ ny wa­ys a decisive factor in the fight for the tit­le… men ath­le­tes are to pass a kind of electro­nic exam to prove ta­lent for cycling and, in par­ticular track (To be con­ti­nued) cycling. UCI and WCC experts will be en­ga­ged in con­ Dmit­ry GORSH­KOV, ducting a phy­sical fit­ness as­sess­ment of Turk­men NT cyclists using a bioe­lectrical im­pe­dance ana­ly­ser. Pho­to: Ha­san MA­GA­DOV

SEA­SO­NAL ARVI PREVEN­TION •y Increa­se ph ­sical activity and do sports. • Con­sult your fa­mi­ly doctor when the first signs of the di­sea­se ap­pear. • Lub­ricate the na­sal mucosa with oxoli­nic oint­ment and we­ar a mask in pub­lic. • Cover your mouth and no­se with a hand­kerchief­ when coug­hing or snee­zing. • Dress app­rop­ria­te­ly for the sea­son. • Al­ways ke­ep your hands cle­an by was­hing them tho­rough­ly with so­ap and wa­ter be­for­ e and af­ter ea­ting, af­ter using the toi­let, or re­tur­ning ho­me. • Eat fo­od rich in vita­min C. • In no case self-me­dicate, pri­ma­ri­ly with an­ti­bacte­rial agents. • Open win­dows re­gu­lar­ly to provide fresh air to of­ ces and rooms of the flat. • Drink her­bal te­as ma­de from me­dicinal plants gro­wing in the ter­rit­ o­ry of Turk­menis­ ­tan. • Af­ter con­sul­ting your doctor, eat ho­me­ma­de (na­tio­nal) nood­les with garlic­ or red pep­ per. Gar­lic and pep­per are rich in phy­toncides, which increa­se the bo­dy’s • For the preven­tion of sea­so­nal ill­nes­ses, in a ti­me­ly man­ner ta­ke preven­tive vaccina­tion re­sis­tance. af­ter con­sul­ting with your fa­mi­ly doctor.

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