OREANDA-NEWS. March 10, 2009. The fame of any state like every individual is replenished with the good deeds. Genuine good knows no borders, everyone understands it where he lives, whatever language he speaks. This fact is obvious for all progressively thinking people: the miracle is being worked in the small country if judging on a global scale; the nation – monolithically united, creatively talented, perceiving itself as a full member of the international community, an indissoluble and important part of world civilization, to the development of which the Turkmen people have profoundly contributed, is reviving.

The selfless devotion of the elected leader of Turkmenistan, whose cherished dream is to give the people new freedom, is behind this miracle of Revival. He ardently desires to bring closer the day when the well-educated, strong and beautiful people – our youth, present generation will bring their Motherland to the level of the most prosperous countries of the world, when the welfare and wealth will become a sign of the quality of life of millions of citizens of Turkmenistan. For this purpose the reforms were launched in almost all spheres of the life of the society, the country joined a competition for intellectual resources – national education and science are brought up to the international level, new institutions of higher education and schools are constructed, sports and physical culture movement is supported. Turkmenistan actively establishes the relations with different countries worldwide, international organisations, puts forward and promotes its initiatives and projects aimed at enhancing global peace, stability and security, mutual understanding and confidence among different peoples.

Complying Turkmenistan’s integrated development with the global progress President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov firmly and vigorously pursues the strategic policy of economic reforms. The agricultural reform strategy presented at the meeting of the Elders’ Council and called upon to ‘breathe new life’ into rural areas and bring the basic sector of Turkmen economy up to a higher level – another evidence of that the country is ready to make breakthrough, enhance its economic and social welfare in the near future. To achieve these goals we must work hard.

An individual is the highest value of the Turkmen state, all the ongoing reforms are aimed at improving the living standards and realizing the interests of the people. Therefore, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov emphasizes, the state has every reason to expect every citizen to serve faithfully to the society, diligently work, fulfill laws and respect the national traditions and customs. In a word, the principle “a state for the people” should be closely interrelated with the principle “the people for a state”. Only everyday work of the people and every citizen in particular would allow achieving the designated aims – the wellbeing of the Motherland and the welfare of the society, the President said addressing the Elders’ Council.

The foundation stone of the policy of national revival is the succession of the ancestors’ moral traditions and spiritual values based on the humanistic principles of the social order from ancient times. Preserving, maintaining and replenishing these traditions, the leader of Turkmenistan, figuratively speaking, launched another national project to enhance the status, provide the state support to the institution of family. The new Law signed by the President of Turkmenistan is aimed at increasing the amount of maternity allowance. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said that along with the material support the Government would guarantee that every young family could buy houses at the moderate price and find a job.

Everything done in the country nowadays brightly illustrates that the designated plans are put into action. An evidence of that are the nationwide celebrations arranged in the ancient lands of Mary and Lebap. A number of the building premieres were presented on the remarkable occasion – the first meeting f the Elders’ Council in its new status. These included the tactical exercises – the traditional demonstration of the fighting capacity of the Armed Forces of independent neutral Turkmenistan proving the effectiveness and compliance of the military reform to the national defense strategy.

The Ruhiyet Palace, air terminal, mosque, maternity and child care hospitals, multimedia schools and kindergartens put into operation in Turkmenabat and Mary, world-class Mary-Turkmenabat highway, new machines – buses, tractors, vehicles delivered to the regions – what can be better of these presents each of which is a vivid illustration of the unceasing, active and all-embracing concern of the state for its people’s welfare?!

Of course, the heroes of the last week were women of Turkmenistan, who accepted the congratulations on International Women’s Day. On that wonderful spring day the happy smiles, good, beauty and joy blossomed and reigns in the streets of the towns and villages. Following the traditions maintained over centuries the people of Turkmenistan honoured women paying tribute of profound respect to mothers, sisters, wives, daughters because the soul of the nation lives in a woman.

Marking the beginning of the impetuous and quick Turkmen spring filled with the fragrance of blooming gardens this wonderful holiday became for our people a part of the indissoluble spiritual ties binding the Turkmen people to their glorious past, their origins. Its brightest symbol is Ene Myakhri – a woman-mother, a custodian of the family hearth. The women’s skillful hands create the beauty unconquerable by the time, the mothers’ tender hands foster the future of the country who aspires to the new epoch – the epoch of common wellbeing and prosperity.

Each of us is to comprehend what was brought by the last week’s events, what was talked about during the meeting of the Elders’ Council and, what is more important, to fulfill its decisions. Undoubtedly, having gone down to history these seven days brought the new evidence of the country’s advancement along the path chosen once and forever. These days profoundly highlighted two major aspects of the policy of the Turkmen state: the bright constructive essence and invariable aiming to guarantee the worthy life to the Turkmen people.