A festive meeting under the motto ‘the City of Arkadag is a Model of Modern Architecture’ was held in the Malikguly Berdimuhamedov Palace of Culture in Yzgant settlement, Gokdepe Etrap on December 25. The Ahal Velayat Hyamkilik, the Halk Maslahaty and the Mejlis of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan jointly organized the event.

The meeting was dedicated to granting the new, modern administrative centre of Ahal Velayat the status of a city, to naming it the city of Arkadag, and to starting the second stage of the construction of the city. Representatives of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan, public organizations, different sectors of the national economy, employees of education, culture, health institutions, the elders, the youth and other guests made speeches at the event.