Dear compatriots!

Respected banking sector employees!

I sincerely congratulate you on the 31st anniversary of the introduction of the national currency of Turkmenistan – the manat, which is a symbol of the country's economic development and achievements in the era of the Revival of the new epoch of the powerful state!

The introduction of the national manat has created positive opportunities for the harmonious development of the economy, stable monetary circulation, and the effective implementation of a unified state monetary policy. The strategy of this policy is to create favorable macroeconomic conditions to ensure the stability of monetary circulation and achieve stable economic development, improve the material well-being of the population, strengthen the competitiveness of the national economy, and successfully integrate the banking system into the international financial market. In achieving these goals, the banking system of the state is given great importance as an integral part of the market economy.

The banking sector, as the most important part of the country's economy, has become one of the rapidly developing structures. Ensuring its sustainable development through the widespread introduction of digital systems, effective risk and capital management mechanisms, the development of corporate governance systems, as well as the improvement of business forms, increasing the profitability and income of banks are among the priority tasks for the future.

The successful implementation of national programs is also reflected at the international level. International organizations positively assess the stable economic development of our Motherland.

Respected banking sector employees!

Currently, work continues to bring the country's banking regulatory legislation in line with international standards. In the context of modern requirements, the range of banking services is also developing. To accelerate settlements and cash flow, the introduction of advanced forms of service using technologies for safe and fast money transfers by the population is expanding the range of electronic payments in the banking sector.

The introduction of digital technologies has made it possible to automate labor-intensive work, activate the activities of the financial and economic system, expand the range of banking services provided, which contributes to increasing its efficiency and speed. The circulation of the national manat in the economy is also being improved, where rapid monetary circulation has led to an increase in the number of new productions. In addition, fruitful work is being carried out to improve the financial literacy of the population. The professionalism of banking employees is systematically growing.

Investment projects aimed at implementing the adopted programs for the development of Turkmenistan's foreign economic relations by the authorized credit organizations of the country are financed by attracted funds for the long and short term. Foreign financial organizations are actively involved in this work. In terms of socio-economic development and the volume of gross domestic product per capita, Turkmenistan has reached the average level of high-income countries. This is a concrete indicator of the effectiveness of the monetary, tax-budgetary, pricing, and investment policies pursued in the Motherland. The achieved successes are confirmed by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and other authoritative international organizations.

We will continue to pay special attention to the consistent improvement of the country's monetary policy, increasing the volume of lending to the production sectors of the national economy, stimulating small productions, increasing the volume of credit financing for the population, forming affordable interest rates, improving the quality of banking services, as well as developing fruitful cooperation with international financial organizations, and the widespread introduction of innovative technologies.

Dear compatriots!

Respected banking sector employees!

Once again, I sincerely congratulate you on the 31st anniversary of the introduction of the national currency unit of independent neutral Turkmenistan – the manat! I wish you good health, family well-being, a peaceful and happy life, and great success in your work for the further progress of our sovereign state!

President of Turkmenistan
Serdar Berdimuhamedov.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, who arrived in Ashgabat on an official visit to participate in a meeting of the co-chairs of the Turkmen-Russian intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation, reports the State News Agency of Turkmenistan.

During the meeting, an interested exchange of views took place on priority aspects of bilateral cooperation. It was noted that Turkmen-Russian relations, based on the principles of sincere friendship, trust and equality, are currently developing successfully in all directions. The political dialogue is being consistently strengthened and active inter-parliamentary interaction is taking place. Productive ties have been established between Turkmenistan and the regions and constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

“The trade and economic sphere was identified as the key area of Turkmen-Russian cooperation. For many years, the Russian Federation has been one of the leading trading partners of Turkmenistan. The Intergovernmental

Commission works effectively, within the framework of which efforts are coordinated on the entire range of issues of bilateral partnership,” the statement says.

Particular attention was paid to the humanitarian sphere, in particular, cooperation in the fields of education, science, culture and healthcare. In this context, the intention of both countries was confirmed to increase mutually beneficial diverse cooperation, which, being based on historical ties, meets mutual long-term interests and the strategy of interstate relations.

The Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) was recognized as the best regional Association of the year in Asia for the second year in a row. This was reported by the official website of the organization.

The award ceremony took place at the annual gala in Seoul. Founded in 2015, CAFA is the youngest regional Association of the Asian Football Confederation, but it has already gained significant recognition.

CAFA includes the Football Federations of six countries: Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The headquarters of the Association is located in Dushanbe.

The current champion of the Turkmenistan Premier League, Arkadag, defeated the champion of the Kyrgyz Republic, Abdysh-Ata, in the second round of the AFC Challenge League.

The match took place on Tuesday in Kuwait and ended with a 2:0 victory for Arkadag. The goals were scored by Shamammet Hydyrov (27th minute) and Abdy Byashimov (49).

Thanks to this victory, Vladimir Bayramov’s team scored 6 points and took the clear first place in Group B.

In the final, third round, the matches of which will take place on November 1, Arkadag will play against the Al-Arabi team from Kuwait, and Abdysh-Ata will meet the Maldivian club Maziya.

The AFC Challenge League is the third most important club tournament in Asia.

Spanish and Manchester City midfielder Rodri has won the prestigious Ballon d’Or, awarded by France Football magazine to the best footballer of the season. The award ceremony took place on Monday at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris. The only African winner of the Ballon d’Or and former President of Liberia George Weah presented the award to Rodri.

Rodri demonstrated outstanding results last season, becoming the champion of England with Manchester City and winning the European Championship with the Spanish national team. Despite a serious knee injury sustained in September, Rodri took to the stage on crutches, supported by the host of the ceremony, Didier Drogba. This moment was especially touching for everyone present.

In addition to Rodri, the top four nominees included three Real Madrid players: team captain Dani Carvajal (4th place), English midfielder Jude Bellingham (3rd place) and Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior (2nd place). Rodri became the first Spaniard to receive the Ballon d’Or since 1960, when Luis Suarez Miramontes won the award.

The ceremony also recognized the achievements of other outstanding personalities in the world of football. Italian Carlo Ancelotti, who heads Real Madrid, was named the best coach of the 2023/24 season. Under his leadership, Real became the champion of Spain, winner of the Champions League and the Spanish Super Cup.

The best coach in the world in women’s football was Emma Hayes, who last season headed London’s Chelsea and led the US team to gold medals at the Olympic Games in Paris.

The best goalkeeper for the second time in a row was recognized as the Argentine Emiliano Martinez from the English Aston Villa. He received the Lev Yashin Prize. Forwards Harry Kane from Munich Bayern and Kylian Mbappe from Madrid Real shared the award for the best striker of the season – the Gerd Müller Prize, and the Raymond Kopa Prize for the best young player of the season was won by Barcelona and Spanish national team player Lamin Yamal.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has entrusted a team of Turkmen referees to officiate the second round match of the Challenge League between the teams "Paro" from Bhutan and "Nejmeh" from Lebanon.

Resul Mammedov has been appointed as the main referee, working with assistants Ahmet Begnazarov and Palvan Palvanov. The match will take place on October 29 at the "Changlimithang" stadium in Thimphu (Bhutan) and will start at 16:00 Ashgabat time.

This is the first time for Turkmen referees to officiate a match within the Challenge League.

Resul Mammedov, a FIFA-licensed referee, previously officiated one of the qualifying matches of the Asian Cup for players under 20, making this match the second in his career as the main referee in AFC tournaments.

Turkmen athletes won one silver and two bronze medals at the World Traditional Karate Championships held in the Spanish city of Cambrils.

In the paired performance of en-bu, Selim Muratdurdyev and Nurgeldy Annagurbanov became silver medalists. In the individual kumite competitions, Selim Muratdurdyev added a bronze medal to the team's collection. Turkmen athletes won another bronze in the team kumite, where Hemra Begjanov, Kemal Atayev, Selim Muratdurdyev and Eziz Zekeryayev distinguished themselves.

In total, more than 500 athletes from 17 countries took part in the championship. Turkmenistan was represented at the competition by 10 karatekas.

The Turkmen football club Arkadag won a strong-willed victory over the Maldivian Maziya Sports in the first round of the group stage of the AFC Challenge League. The match, which took place at the Al Kuwait Sports Club stadium in Kuwait, ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of Arkadag.

In the first half, Maziya took the lead thanks to a precise strike by Jonathan Zorrilla in the 45th minute. However, in the second half, Arkadag managed to turn the game around: Didar Durdyev scored in the 67th minute, and Altymurat Annadurdyev scored the winning goal in the 76th minute.

Vladimir Bayramov’s team will play their next match on October 29 against the Kyrgyz Abdysh-Ata, while Maziya will face Al-Arabi.

On Saturday, October 26, at the UFC 308 tournament in Abu Dhabi, undefeated Chechen fighter Hamzat Chimaev (14-0) scored an impressive victory over former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker (25-7), Sport24 reports.

Chimaev dominated from the first seconds of the fight and managed to finish the fight with a choke in the first round. This is already the eleventh early victory in the professional career of the 29-year-old fighter, who continues his confident ascent to the title fight.

“Borz” once again demonstrated his superiority in wrestling and the ability to finish fights early.

Since his debut in the UFC in 2018, Chimaev remains undefeated, which makes him one of the most promising contenders for the middleweight championship.

Turkmen athletes won 5 gold, 5 silver and 8 bronze medals at the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship that ended in Heraklion, Greece.

The competition brought together more than 900 athletes from 58 countries. Turkmenistan was represented at the world championship by 52 athletes, who won 16 medals in the contact discipline and two medals in the combat discipline.

The gold’medals in the Turkmenistan team in the contact discipline were awarded to: Aminat Guvajova (weight category 45 kg), Hurma Abdyeva (48 kg), Ogulshat Nurmedova (over 70 kg), Islam Ovezov (62 kg), in the combat discipline – Gudrat Esenov (62 kg).

Silver medalists in the contact discipline were: Ainur Kullieva (48 kg), Maryam Vafaeva (63 kg), Oguldursun Azimova (52 kg), Guljan Nurgeldyeva (70 kg), Soltanmurat Nuryev 56 kg.

Bronze medalists in the contact discipline were: Surai Gokayeva (52 kg), Shikhberdy Amanov (62 kg), Eziz Yollyev (94 kg), Mirali Agayev (69 kg), Bakhtiyar Muradov (85 kg), Begli Saparov (69 kg), Jelil Hojamyradov (77 kg). Jelil Hojamyradov also won bronze in the combat discipline.

Following the results of the competition, the Turkmenistan national jiu-jitsu team also won sixth place.

Athletes of the national team of Turkmenistan won four bronze medals at the World Hand-to-Hand Combat Championship, which ended in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, the publication "Turkmenistan: Golden Age" reports.

More than 300 athletes from 34 countries took part in the competition, and Turkmenistan was represented by nine athletes.

Bronze medals in the Turkmen team were awarded to: Toyli Bazarov (up to 57 kg), Hazhyyslam Garabayov (up to 67 kg), Suleyman Allayev (up to 73 kg) and Kasym Yazmyradov (up to 86 kg).

The Turkmenistan national under-17 football team lost to the Thai team in the first round of the qualifying stage of the 2025 Asian Cup. The meeting took place in the city of Chonburi and ended in favor of the home team with a score of 2:0.

Let us remind that under the leadership of head coach Ahmet Allaberdiyev, the youth team of Turkmenistan plays in group “D”, which also includes the teams of India and Brunei.

In the next round, the Turkmenistan team will meet the Indian team on October 25.