Capital of Turkmenistan hosted an international Sports Media Forum

ArmInfo. On September 20,  2016 the heads of international structures of sports journalism and  media representatives, who arrived in Ashgabat at the Sports Media  Forum, participated in a ceremony honoring the Turkmen athletes who  distinguished themselves at the II World Nomads Games held in  Kyrgyzstan. President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov made  a speech at the ceremony, who stressed that the development of sports  in the country and the strengthening of a healthy lifestyle is one of  the main priorities of Turkmenistan's state policy.

The Embassy of Turkmenistan has told ArmInfo that the participants of  the Media Forum expressed their sincere gratitude to the President of  Turkmenistan for his constant attention to the development of sport,  to create conditions for fruitful work of journalists and the  business community, and congratulated the Turkmen athletes with the  achieved success.

Then, in the conference hall of the hotel "Sport", the opening of the  international Sports Media Forum, dedicated to the Day of Asian  sports journalists and promotion of V Asian Indoor Games and Martial  Arts in 2017 had started.

Conducting a regular Media Forum is a clear confirmation of the  desire of our country to open Turkmenistan through sport around the  world. The forum is attended by the representatives of foreign mass  media, experts from sports sphere from 29 countries, as well as  representatives of relevant departments and mass media of  Turkmenistan.

At the beginning of the media forum a congratulatory greetings of the  President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov addressed the  participants of the media forum was read out, dedicated to the Day of  sports journalists of Asia and V Asian Games.

In the first three sessions of the forum well-known experts,  representing the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), the  Asian Sports Press Association, Federation of Sports Journalism in a  number of countries, the TV channels "Al Jazeera", "Eurasia TV" and  other authoritative organizations discussed the role of the media in  the process of preparation and organization of high-level sporting  events, as well as the improvement of the efficiency of measures  taken together to prepare for the Asian games. Since the beginning of  the forum, many participants highlighted in their editions the  awarding ceremony of the Turkmen sportsmen; detailed reports on the  issues discussed at the forum, and praised the level of preparation  of Asian Games-2017. (Refer to Websites "atavatan-turkmenistan.com"  and "aipsmedia.com").

On September 21 during the fourth final plenary session the  discussions of questions relating to the organization of effective  activity of mass media in sports games and the role of the broadcast  coverage of campaigns in the competition was continued. The forum  participants were shown performances on sports included in the  program of the V Asian Games.

On September 22, on the Day of Asian sports journalists, at the media  forum the awarding ceremony of journalists for their contribution to  the development of sports coverage by the Asian Association of  international sports press was held. The participants of the Media  Forum also visited the state historical and cultural reserve "Nisa"  underground lake "Kov-Ata" and picturesque mountainous township  Gokdere.