OREANDA-NEWS. August 12, 2008. On occasion of an anniversary of the establishment of the State Border Service of Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received the high-ranking officials.

Expressing profound gratitude to the Turkmen leader for the concern and support that Turkmen frontier guards felt in their honorary and important service of protecting the sacred borders of the Motherland those present cordially congratulated the President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan General of Army Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the remarkable occasion symbolizing the firm foundations of the Turkmen statehood, the country’s adherence to the ideals of peace and good neighbourliness. The high-ranking officials wished the Turkmen leader good health, inexhaustible vigour, new accomplishments in his versatile activity for the benefit of the Turkmen people and assured on behalf of Turkmen frontier guards that they would spare no effort and knowledge for the happiness and wellbeing of the native land.

Cordially thanking for the heartfelt wishes Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov warmly congratulated those present and the personnel of the State Border Service, students of the Military Academy – future frontier officers on the remarkable occasion noting the profound and worthy contribution of the glorious national army in all the accomplishments of independence neutral Turkmenistan. The President emphasized that the Turkmen people were sincerely proud of their valorous sons who stood guard over the achievements of sacred independence, performed the duty with dignity and upheld the honorary rank of defenders of the Motherland. The Turkmen leader said that from ancient times the Turkmen people had been showing honour and respect to valorous defenders of peace and happiness of the native land. These traditions were maintained today serving as a crucial factor of the success of the policy of fundamental reforms and changes in all spheres of the life of modern Turkmenistan. Consistently implementing the status of neutrality and peacemaking potential out country considerably contributed to strengthening stability and security in the regions as well as at the global level, the President said. The services of Turkmen frontier guards entrusted with the noble and very important mission to protect the national border and to make it the border of peace and friendship should be noted in this regard. The President said that the government would keep attaching paramount importance to enhancing the fighting capacity of the Armed Forces, particularly the frontier troops, creating the worthy conditions for soldiers’ life, service and recreation, increasing their educational and professional level so that they could fulfill the tasks et to the State Border Service at the new historical stage.

In conclusion Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov congratulated the participants of the meeting on the remarkable date and expressed the heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to the personnel f the State Border Service of Turkmenistan, each frontier guard keenly alert for the borders of the Motherland.