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President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov has decided to radically transform and improve the management of the country's transport and communications sector. At a government meeting on Friday, July 11, it was announced that the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers would be abolished.

In place of the abolished Agency, which previously united five departments, new, separate structures will be created:

• Ministry of Railway Transport of Turkmenistan

• Ministry of Communications of Turkmenistan

• Ministry of Automobile Transport of Turkmenistan

• State Service "Türkmenhowaýollary" (Turkmenistan Airlines)

• State Service of Maritime and River Transport of Turkmenistan

According to President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the establishment of these new ministries and industry departments is intended to contribute to increasing the efficiency of the entire sector.

As part of the reorganization, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov introduced a new position - Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for the transport and communications complex. Mammetkhan Chakiyev was appointed to this position with a probationary period of six months.

Decrees were also signed on the appointment of heads of newly formed and reorganized departments:

• Mammet Akmammedov has been appointed Minister of Railway Transport of Turkmenistan.

• Khadzhymyrat Khudaygulyev has been appointed Minister of Communications of Turkmenistan (with a probationary period of 6 months).

• Begench Annadurdyev has been appointed Minister of Automobile Transport.

• Dovran Saburov has been appointed Chairman of the State Service "Türkmenhowaýollary".

• Azat Shanazarov has been appointed Chairman of the State Service of Maritime and River Transport of Turkmenistan.

These steps underline the desire of the country's leadership for a more targeted and dynamic development of key areas of transport and communications, which should strengthen their potential both on a national scale and within the framework of international transport corridors, and will allow for more focused management of each of the enlarged areas, increasing the efficiency and quality of decisions.

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