I want to emphasize seven elements which can damage the progress of the state:

First element: unqualified officials

Second element: the spread of tribal and sectarian consciousness

Third element: disagreements between people and tribes

Fourth element: religious and sectarian conflicts

Fifth element: disagreements with neighbouring countries

Sixth element: domestic turmoil

Seventh element: the effects of natural catastrophes.

I, as the first President of Independent and Permanently Neutral Türkmenistan, accept as one of my basic duties the responsibility for preventing the development of the seven elements cited above. I advise the presidents who will succeed me to be sensitive to them, always take them into consideration, and work hard in order to prevent the development of such calamities which might harm our state.