The Health Path in Ashgabat is hosted an award ceremony for athletes of the national teams of Turkmenistan who have achieved high results in international competitions. On this occasion, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov sent congratulations to the athletes of the national teams.

Dear participants of the ceremony!
Dear athletes!

I sincerely congratulate you on your successful performance and prize places at major international competitions in 2024, held under the motto The Storehouse of Reason of Magtymguly Pyragy!

Thanks to the grandiose undertakings of the Hero Arkadag, the authority of our country in the world sports arena has risen to a new high level. The protection of human health and the affirmation of the principles of a healthy lifestyle in society, the education of comprehensively developed youth, the popularization of physical education, big-time sports and the Olympic movement, as well as the expansion of international partnerships in sports are the priorities of state policy.

Dear friends!

A reliable platform for broad fruitful cooperation in the field of sports has been formed in Turkmenistan: our country maintains targeted cooperation with more than sixty countries.

At the same time, within the framework of the United Nations, our independent neutral Fatherland puts forward constructive initiatives to strengthen international partnership in sports and, as a member of the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia, makes a significant contribution to the expansion of the Olympic movement.

At the suggestion of Turkmenistan, the General Assembly of the United Nations unanimously adopted Resolutions on declaring June 3 as World Bicycle Day and Integrating mass cycling into public transport to achieve sustainable development. Our country has also been elected to the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport for 2023-2027 (CIGEPS).

On September 6, 2024, at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, with the unanimous support of the member states of the Community of Nations, the Resolution United Nations Games initiated by Turkmenistan was adopted. In addition, on May 24, 2024, a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the CIS was held in the capital at a high organizational level: by its decision, Ashgabat was declared the City of New Sports Opportunities of the Commonwealth. The fact of adopting these documents will allow our Fatherland to make a significant contribution to maintaining peace and friendship, affirming the principles of a healthy lifestyle, as well as significantly expanding and strengthening contacts and joint actions with international structures. Recently, the Olympic Village, which has no analogues in the Central Asian region, has successfully hosted many major competitions and this fully confirmed Ashgabat's ability to organize world tournaments at a high level. A clear example of this is the decision taken at the Asian Tennis Federation Congress on May 31, 2024, to declare the Tennis Complex in the structure of the capital's Olympic City the Asian Tennis Training Center.

It is worth noting that in the regions, the cities of Ashgabat and Arkadag many sports infrastructure facilities were built and commissioned, in particular, multi-purpose stadiums, physical education and health complexes, racetracks and specialized schools. Our youth, who have linked their fate with sports, successfully perform in tournaments not only at the national level, but also at the regional and international level, increasing the sports authority of the Motherland, demonstrating a brilliant example of patriotism, fearlessness and skill.

Dear participants of the ceremony!

The Program for the Support and Development of Physical Culture and Sports in Turkmenistan in 2021–2025 and the Program for the Revival of a New Era of a Powerful State: National Program for the Socio-Economic Development of Turkmenistan in 2022–2052 define the unprecedented tasks facing us – glorifying Turkmen sports, turning our country into a modern center for holding international tournaments and Olympic Games.

We will create a new sports infrastructure by focusing the potential of sports in the interests of peace and friendship, as well as all the conditions for training true amateurs and masters of sports today. As is known, physical education and sports among young people are the imperative of the times: sports are a source of health and beauty.

Happy youth of an independent neutral Fatherland!

The era of the Revival of a New Era of a Powerful State opens a new milestone of sporting achievements for you. Now, when an advanced national sports system is being formed, the task of increasing the authority of our country in this area falls primarily to you. I am sure that with your brilliant successes at the competitions you will raise the Flag of our Motherland – Turkmenistan – and thereby increase its authority.

Dear participants of the ceremony!
Dear athletes!

Once again, I sincerely congratulate you on your achievements at international tournaments! I wish you good health I wish you happiness, prosperity and great success in raising the authority of the Fatherland in the international sports arena!

President of Turkmenistan
Serdar BERDIMUHAMEDOV.