OREANDA-NEWS. May 31, 2010. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov’s article “Turkmenistan’s economic strategy: with the people, for the people” enter the international scene.

The publication of the article of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with the name that is informative in its essence and fundamental in its nature: “Turkmenistan’s economic strategy: with the people, for the people” drew a tremendous response. The leading foreign publishing houses, news agencies, newspapers and journals immediately responded to the publication of this deeply substantiated, thoroughly reasoned theoretical work of Turkmen leader translated into the Russian, English, Arabic and other languages.

The article was published as a scientific paper by the International Informatization Academy in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, the Lincoln University, one of the leading research and educational centre in the United States, as well as a booklet in Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and other countries. Many publications contain the portraits and biographies of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and are illustrated with the state symbols of Turkmenistan.

The article setting forth the concept of Turkmenistan’s social and political, economic and cultural development in the new historical epoch spotlights the essence of the national idea of new Revival made the front pages as the focal point of the issue of such popular journals as Turkmenistan published in Moscow and America and the World (NY Pressa publishing house). The newspapers including Economics (United Arab Emirates), The Economic Observer and Balochistan Today (Islamic Republic of Pakistan), National Cohesion and Daily Afghanistan (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan) dedicated a special issue to the Turkmen leader’s work.

This fact testifies to not only a heightened interest of political scientists, economists, representatives of the research circles and general public in the events taking place in dynamically developing Turkmenistan, but also a growing respect of the world community for the opinion and ideas of the Turkmen leader, whose progressive reform activities and constructive foreign policy policies have won the country the high international prestige.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov says that the idea of new Revival uniting and inspiring the nation to achieve the great and noble goals – prosperity of the Motherland, happiness and wellbeing of the present and future generations, serves as the factor that will ultimately bring Turkmenistan to new heights of progress, ensure effective implementation of the versatile potential of the country and its integration n the world system.

The mechanism for realizing this idea as well as developing the modern society is embodied in the principle proclaimed by the leader of Turkmenistan that has become the slogan of the contemporary epoch “a state for the people”.

In his article President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov analyzed the global development trends which are conditioned to a larger extent by global problems facing mankind, threats and challenges of the modern time and provides a detailed description of the reforms he has initiated and supplementing foreign policy and foreign economic innovations aimed at utmost involvement of the country in international affairs.

The progress made by Turkmenistan on the path the large-scale changes, which have embraced all spheres of the life of the Turkmen society and state, is the best evidence of the correctness of the chosen path. In conditions of the world financial crisis the country maintains the dynamic pace of development and the steady GDP growth including through diversification and modernization of economy, priority development of the business sector and well thought-out investment policy. Large-scale construction launched throughout the country radically changes the look of Turkmen towns and villages; the standards and quality of life of citizens steadily increase. Social benefits are utilized in full; salaries, pensions, welfare payments and scholarships are consistently raised.

Our country reconciles the global development issues and the nation-building tasks with national interests and proves in practice that neutrality, peace, good neighbourliness remain the core of the foreign policy of Turkmenistan that fosters cooperation with the authoritative international institutions, particularly the united Nations, other state and global business community.

The essential component of Turkmenistan’s model of development in the epoch of new Revival is the social vector, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov emphasizes in the article. Our potential and the opportunities it opens up should be aimed at ensuring an interrelation between the economic and social factors in accelerated development. Speeding up substantial investments in the business and social sectors is based on the intention of the country to reach the high development parameters and take its rightful place among developed countries. This is the high standards of living of people along with the high-tech economic structure.

The theoretical basis of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov’s article, which is of paramount scientific and practical importance, underlay one of the most impressive documents of the epoch of new Revival – the 2011-2030 National Social and Economic Development Programme of Turkmenistan unanimously adopted by the Elders’ Council on May 14 this year. This historic document harmoniously combines two components of confident advancement of our country towards the heights of progress and creation – Turkmenistan’s grandiose achievements in a new era plus the profound economic and spiritual potential that enables the Turkmen people to look into the future with confidence.

Thus, the national leader’s article “Turkmenistan’s economic strategy” with the people, for the people” makes the very important conclusion that the human dimension serves as a major criterion for the character of domestic reforms of the Turkmen society and its foreign-policy strategy and that the priority of universal values, the high ideals of humanism and justice underlie the policy of neutrality of Turkmenistan in the epoch of new Revival and fundamental reforms.