An award ceremony was held for the winners of the children's drawing contest on the theme "Friendship has no Borders", which was launched in honor of the 30th anniversary of two programs of the European Union - the Program to Promote Border Management in Central Asia (BOMCA) and the Program to Prevent the Spread of Drugs in Central Asia (CADAP).
Deputies of the Lower House of the Parliament of Kazakhstan have ratified the Agreement on Cooperation of the CIS states on the Prevention and Suppression of the Use of False Trademarks and Geographical Indications.
Within the framework of the "Academy of Preventive Diplomacy" project, a training "Interaction of the European Union with the Central Asian region" was organized at the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy in Ashgabat.
Turkmenistan Airlines is gradually resuming regular international passenger flights and plans to expand the geography of passenger flights to destinations such as Seoul (South Korea), Tokyo (Japan), Milan (Italy), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi (Vietnam). This was stated by the Chairman of the Agency "Turkmen Airlines" Dovran Saburov, speaking on Thursday at the international forum on transport and transit corridors in Ashgabat.
The public organization "Ecodurmush", with the support of the United Nations Development Program, conducted trainings for young people of the Dashoguz region to involve them in the development of effective gardening.
As part of the implementation of the agreement between the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry and the WHO Regional Office for Europe, Natalia Kostik, a temporary consultant of the organization, arrived in Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan, due to its geographical location, occupies an important place in the global supply chain. The country intends to use this advantage and create economically profitable transport corridors that contribute to the development of international trade, attract large investments in transport infrastructure to increase transit attractiveness. This was stated by the Director General of the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Mammethan Chakyyev.
A resolution of the UN General Assembly on the International Transport Day, proposed by Turkmenistan, is being prepared for adoption. This was announced to the participants of the transport forum in Ashgabat by the Executive Secretary of the International Center for Transport Diplomacy (ICTD) Igor Runov.
The road transport sector of the economy has been looking forward to the opportunity to recover after the pandemic, and it plays a key role in the recovery process, but it faces new challenges - long queues at the borders, an acute shortage of personnel in the industry. Transit in many countries has increased by more than 50%. However, after a survey of commercial road transport operators in over 25 countries in America, Asia and Europe, it was found that more than two and a half million professional drivers are missing in this sector. Umberto de Pretto, Secretary General of the International Road Transport Union (IRU), touched upon such problems of the industry in his video message to the participants of the transport forum in Ashgabat.
ESCAP, as a unique intergovernmental platform for regional cooperation on key issues related to the sustainable development of the region, seeks to help close connectivity gaps, especially for landlocked countries, including Turkmenistan, Armida Salsia Alisjabana, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific said.
The rich business program of the transport forum held in Ashgabat, in addition to the conference and exhibition, provides for the signing of memoranda and contracts, seminars, round tables, at which domestic and foreign experts will introduce modern best practices in the field of trade, industrial zones, e-commerce, transport and logistics, transport expedition, trust management of transport infrastructure, leasing and lending.
Today Turkmenistan is one of the active participants on the platform of the Organization of Cooperation on Railways. The positions have strengthened after the country's accession to the OCR agreement on container transportation in container trains in international communications, said Miroslav Antonovich, Chairman of the Committee of the Organization for Cooperation on Railways (OCR) in his video message at the conference "International Transport and Transit Corridors: Interconnection and Development - 2023" (ITTC—2023). The Forum started its work in Ashgabat on May 3.
Deputy Executive Secretary of the UNECE Dmitry Maryasin called on the Central Asian countries to accelerate their accession to the eTIR international system, which has already been implemented in many countries of the region, such as Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Pakistan.
Turkmenistan's Ambassador to Belgium Sapar Palvanov met with the head of the European Protocol Department Pernilla Helin to present her credentials and discuss the upcoming meeting with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
A two-day conference "International Transport and Transit Corridors: Interconnection and Development — 2023" has started in Ashgabat, aimed at promoting the creation and development of supply routes, integration into global logistics chains, facilitating the transit of goods, infrastructure and scientific and technical support of a key industry for economies and cooperation.
