President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with the head of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with the Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, who arrived in Ashgabat to celebrate the Independence Day of Turkmenistan.

On Friday, the President Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with the Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region of the Russian Federation Alexey Texler, who arrived in Ashgabat on a visit as the head of the delegation of the Southern Ural.

A meeting of the heads and employees of the transport and communication units was held in the conference hall of the railway agency of Turkmenistan. The meeting on the eve of the country's Independence Day was held in a festive spirit – on the eve of the 31st anniversary of sovereignty, a landmark event took place in the sector, namely, the opening of new passenger bus terminals in four regions of the country with the participation of the head of state.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov took part online in the opening ceremony of bus stations in the administrative centers of four regions of Turkmenistan, held on Saturday.

Today, 1,530 people received a passport of a citizen of Turkmenistan at the Migration Service of Turkmenistan. These are representatives of 26 nationalities from a dozen foreign countries.

The government has increased the amount of loans at a reduced rate that young families can take out to improve their homes and buy household appliances, furniture, etc.

On Friday, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a decree on the admission of 1,530 people to citizenship of Turkmenistan and a decree according to which 315 foreign citizens received a residence permit in Turkmenistan.

829 citizens of Turkmenistan and 4 foreigners convicted on the territory of the country will be released from prison in accordance with the pardon decree signed by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov. This was reported in the evening newscast of the Turkmen television.

Within the framework of the high-level week of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, the annual Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC) was held.