"We attach paramount importance to the further development of a strong, long-term and sustainable partnership with our Turkmen colleagues," said Sergey Pavlov, First Deputy General Director of Russian Railways. He noted that the visit of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov to the Russian Federation in July last year gave a powerful impetus to this cooperation.
The global pandemic and growing pressure on global supply chains and transit routes have exacerbated some of the problems and affected the economies of landlocked countries in Central Asia. However, the development of the Middle Corridor, a multi-lateral multimodal transport route connecting the freight networks of China and the European Union through the facilities and economies of Central Asia, the Caucasus, Turkey and Eastern Europe, is potentially transformative for the economies of Central Asia, the Caucasus and beyond, Ambassador John McGregor, Head of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat said, speaking on Wednesday at the “International Transport and Transit Corridors: Interconnection and Development-2023” conference.
― In Ashgabat, I successfully negotiated with the government of Turkmenistan. We discussed specific issues of development of the Turkmen-Romanian cooperation in the transport sector. It was, in particular, about the abolition of the road permit, which is now issued by the road transport operator. This is an important step in building a bilateral partnership and demonstrating the openness and readiness of Turkmenistan and Romania to contribute to the development of transport corridors between Europe and Central Asia, - Adrian Fogis - State Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Romania, Coordinator working group for the implementation of the strategic project of the International transport route Black Sea - Caspian Sea began his speech at the Ashgabat transport forum ITTC-2023
The delegates of the Ashgabat transport conference ITTC-2023 paid close attention to the creation of modern conditions and opportunities in the field of transport and logistics, which, forming an international corridor, provide regional connectivity, Asset Asavbaev, Secretary General of the Permanent Secretariat (PS) of the Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) TRACECA began his speech.
Mirvohid Azimov, Deputy Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States, invited Turkmenistan to join the mechanism of related ports, speaking via video link at the Ashgabat conference "International Transport and Transit Corridors: Interconnection and Development - 2023" (ITTC-2023).
Bulgaria is interested in a project to transport "green" energy from the Azerbaijani part of the Caspian Sea through the Black Sea to Europe, Trend reports with reference to the Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan.
Turkey has discovered new oil reserves in the Judi and Gabar districts in the province of Sirnak in the south-east of the country, the Anadolu agency reports.
On Tuesday, May 2, 3 deals totaling $26.4 thousand and 2.2 million Turkmen manats were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.
The second meeting of the Turkmen-Romanian Commission on Motor Transport was held on Tuesday, May 2, in Ashgabat. The event was held on the sidelines of the international forum on transport and transit corridors, which will open on Wednesday.
Simplification of international trade procedures and the use of the "single window" mechanism is considered as one of the topical aspects of Turkmenistan's cooperation with the UN Economic Commission for Europe, including taking into account the process of the country's accession to the WTO. This was discussed at the meeting of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myakhri Byashimova with Deputy Executive Secretary of the UNECE Dmitry Maryasin on Tuesday.
The Turkmen-German Economic Forum with the participation of representatives of state organizations and business structures will be held in October this year in Germany. In preparation for the event, thematic seminars on digital communication will be held.
The State Bank for Foreign Economic Activity of Turkmenistan is introducing a Digital banking platform. The progress report on this issue, as well as the preparation of the integration architecture of the project were presented during the visit of international IT consultant Tim Torsten to Turkmenistan.
On May 2, the Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan Serdar Jorayev held a meeting with the Deputy Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Dmitry Maryasin, who arrived in Ashgabat.
Turkmennebit State Concern plans to receive a large inflow of gas condensate from the promising Uzynada field, thanks to the commissioning of two new wells in August this year, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports.
On Monday, May 1, 6.8 thousand tons of A-92 gasoline were sold for export at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, the ORIENT correspondent reports.
