The following events were held in Ashgabat on October 2, 2018 within the framework of the 55th session of the General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU): a meeting of the Technical Group, the seventh forum of women, a seminar on quality management, a seminar of managers, a meeting of radio workers, a planning and strategizing group, a program committee, a meeting on financing television sports rights, and the VII Song Festival.
In the evening of the same day, at the end of the concert, in a solemn atmosphere, in the banquet hall of the Archabil Hotel, presentation of gifts from the name of Turkmenistan to the participants of the 7th Asian-Pacific Song Festival was held.
The official opening ceremony of the 55th meeting of the General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union will be held on October 4 of this year. At the General Assembly meeting, the results will be summed up and priorities for the future will be identified.