how our national interest is attached to the independence. The most challenging aspect of this business is that views, reasoning and mental independence are not up to the level of understanding the national benefit and interests that come about as a result of them.

If you do not have a national state organization, a national policy, a national ideal which will enthuse and mobilize people, a national economy, a national civilization, a national army, then your condition cannot be described as full independence. We need time for this. We need at least 10-20 years.

First, people’s perception and spirit should change. Each Türkmen is responsible for the nation’s fate, national state, society, its indivisible unity, and unification. Each Türkmen should know what kind of path their nation followed in the past, should be able to compare it with their current era and know their future. The general interest of the Türkmen nation depends on each individual Türkmen.

Allah the Almighty gave us limitless land and water. He gave us underground resources. He created our nation intelligent and able to judge their own conduct. In addition, he gave us an independent Türkmen state.

Türkmen keep your morale high and keep good work, prosper and make others and your country prosper. Those who will make the Türkmens attain the true level and status of the Türkmen and work for Türkmenistan will be the Türkmens themselves.

My dear Türkmen nation, in order to urge your soul and mind to fullfill these duties and to raise a strong faith in your heart for self-confidence, and to be a support to you, I have