The National Leader of the Turkmen people, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, spoke at a meeting of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan to emphasize the importance of the great philosopher-poet Magtymguly Pyragy. He announced that the 300th anniversary of the poet’s birth will be celebrated in a grand manner.
The Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty pointed out that the epoch that Magtymguly Pyragy envisioned, in which his fate is intertwined with that of the people, has now arrived. He also mentioned his poem, “Pähim-paýhas ummany Magtymguly Pyragy,” in which he wrote about the independent, permanently neutral Turkmenistan becoming a country of joy, unity, and progress.