The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan held a special briefing on August 16 on the upcoming 65th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. The Foreign Ministry spokesman briefed the media representatives on the priority positions of Turkmenistan for the 65th session of the UN General Assembly that, according to him, are based on the principles and practices of the foreign policy pursued by the President of Turkmenistan, ideas and international initiatives of the Turkmen leader focused on the further development of comprehensive cooperation with countries of the world and well-respected international organizations.

The Executive Committee of the Institute of International Relations and Economic Cooperation under the Romanian Academy of Sciences unanimously decided to award the prestigious international title "Man of the Year" for 2010 to President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

The State Concern "Turkmengaz" will finance the construction of a gas compressor station with the capacity of 30 bcm a year at the gas field "Malay" in Lebap province. This was announced by the Director of the State Agency for the Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources Yagshigeldy Kakayev at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan. Yagshigeldy Kakayev is temporarily acting as Vice Premier for oil and gas, chemical industries and fisheries replacing Baymyrat Hodzhamuhammedov owing to the latter's ill health.

On 31 May, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov solemnly launched the construction of the country's largest gas pipeline "East - West", running for 1000 km in the territory of Turkmenistan. The capacity of the new pipeline is 30 billion cubic meters of gas a year, and its approximate cost is US $ 2 billion dollars.