ASHGABAT (TCA) — The International Conference on Transport and Logistics was held last week in the Avaza National Tourism Zone in Turkmenistan. The agenda of the forum included a wide range of issues of the transport sector on the regional and global scale, and development of the railway transport infrastructure, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported.
As the speakers noted, Turkmenistan in its strategy assigns the leading role to the creation of a modern transport infrastructure, jointly with the neighboring countries, implementing major regional and continental projects. As an example, the construction of the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway along the North-South line was cited.
Another large-scale project is the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan railway, the implementation of which is also considered in the context of access of the landlocked states of the region to major international markets. Thus, the landlocked countries of Central Asia can jointly create favorable transit conditions through their territory for interregional communication.
Today Turkmenistan constructs unique engineering structures – railway and automobile bridges, designed to become the “golden link” of the international network of transport communications and new infrastructure facilities of the transport sector. These facilities are also an important step towards the formation and effective use of regional and interregional transport routes.
At the heart of the policy of international cooperation pursued by Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov lies the vision of the Central Asian and Caspian region as a link in strategic stability in the southern belt of Eurasia, a promising economic partner for European and Asian countries, a large energy transport and transit node of continental importance.
The participants of the conference agreed that international transport is a key factor in promoting sustainable economic development.
They also noted the need to further improve the regulatory and legal framework in the field of transport and enhance interaction in the format of international organizations.
