Today Turkmenistan together with the world community celebrates World Bicycle Day. On this occasion, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov congratulated his compatriots on this international day.
Dear friends!
Dear compatriots!
With all my heart, I congratulate you on World Bicycle Day – an international holiday of health and inspiration! I am confident that the upcoming events in the International Year of Peace and Trust to mark this wonderful date will increase pride in the Motherland and our happy life, for the grandiose achievements of the sovereign Fatherland!
This significant holiday occupies a special place in the national calendar as a symbol of the triumph of the ideals of friendship and peace, unity and solidarity of our society. Following the ideological message of World Bicycle Day, we solemnly celebrate it together with the world community. The physical culture, health, sports and cultural events held on this occasion, which are of a mass nature, significantly enhance the reputation of independent Turkmenistan as a country of health and high spirit.
Vivid events, including bicycle races and sports competitions, organized on the occasion of World Bicycle Day in the era of the Revival of a new era of a powerful state, increase pride in the Fatherland, confidently moving forward to new heights of progress.
Dear friends!
By putting forward relevant initiatives on the sidelines of the United Nations, our independent neutral state, being a member of the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia, makes a significant contribution to strengthening international cooperation in the field of sports and promoting the Olympic movement. All conditions are being created in Turkmenistan for holding major sports tournaments at a high level, including the Asian Games, continental championships and world championships.
Recently, the Arkadag football team became the champion of the Asian Football Confederation Challenge League: its triumphant victory fully demonstrates the international recognition of the measures taken in our country to develop high-performance sports and promote the Olympic movement.
The broad support in the world arena for the reforms we are carrying out in the field of sports is evidenced by the adoption, at the initiative of Turkmenistan, of the landmark Resolution by the United Nations General Assembly declaring June 3 as World Bicycle Day; the Resolution Integration of mass cycling into public transport to achieve sustainable development at the 76th session of the UN General Assembly; the Resolution United Nations Friendship Games at the 78th session of the General Assembly. This is clearly confirmed by the announcement of Ashgabat as the City of New Sports Opportunities of the Commonwealth at a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the CIS, as well as the Tennis Complex in the structure of the Olympic Village as the Training Center of the Asian Region by the Asian Tennis Federation.
By actively joining international documents in key areas, in particular in the field of ecology, Turkmenistan pays constant attention to environmental protection and the promotion of healthy lifestyle principles among the population.
Our Motherland regularly hosts mass races, in particular, cycling, as well as physical education, sports and cultural events. Cycling is the most effective sport in terms of health benefits, and therefore the number of its adherents in our country is steadily growing.
We are making every effort to ensure that the future of our Motherland – the youth – can combine work and rest, play sports, including active sports, and adhere to the principles of a healthy lifestyle.
Dear Turkmen citizens!
The socio-economic potential of the sovereign Motherland, its cultural development are directly linked to the well-being and happiness of the people, the health of society and the comprehensive education of the younger generation. Based on the planned grandiose goal, in accordance with the principle "The state is for the people!" and the motto "The Motherland is the Motherland only with the people! The state is the state only with the people!", we pay special attention to the development of all areas, including mass physical education, the Olympic movement and sports, which is expressed in the successful implementation of national programs and comprehensive reforms. In this regard, we worthily continue the original national traditions of raising physically strong and spiritually rich youth.
Dear friends!
Dear compatriots!
Once again, I sincerely congratulate you on the wonderful international holiday – World Bicycle Day!
I wish you good health, a happy and prosperous life, great success in your work for the prosperity of the sovereign Motherland!
President of Turkmenistan
Serdar BERDIMUHAMEDOV
