Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty spoke in Beijing about the integration projects of Turkmenistan
The national leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, speaking in Beijing at a high-level conference on interconnectedness within the framework of the Third International Forum "One Belt, One Road", announced the main directions of the implementation of Turkmenistan's energy policy.
"The commissioning of the gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to China in 2009 marked the beginning of the formation of a new architecture of relations in the energy sector on the continent, opened up prospects for connecting other states to the project on a mutually beneficial and equal basis," the TDH news agency quotes Lava Halk Maslahaty.
In the same logic, another major international project is being implemented - the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said.
"Today we are working on expanding the geography and volume of international supplies of Turkmen natural gas and electricity. Power transmission and fiber-optic communication lines have been laid from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan and Pakistan. There are a number of major projects on the agenda of cooperation in these segments," the national leader noted.
Currently, Turkmenistan, together with its partners, is creating an extensive network of combined transport and logistics infrastructure along the East–West and North–South lines, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov continued.
In the future, it will include transit corridors leading to the regions of the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea Basin, and the Baltic States. "This seems especially relevant in connection with the implementation in Turkmenistan of major national projects in the transport and communication spheres, in the creation of a new port infrastructure on the Caspian Sea," Chairman Halk Maslahaty stressed.
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov noted that we are talking about a transport corridor from China through the territory of Central Asia to the Turkmen coast of the Caspian Sea, as well as to Iran, the Middle East. This corridor can also be used in the opposite direction – to the Asia-Pacific region, the countries of South Asia.
"Our efforts are aimed at fully unlocking the potential of transcontinental transportation by all modes of transport, including railways and highways, air links, the creation of logistics terminals at hubs, one of which may be the international seaport of Turkmenbashi. We are ready to provide its capacities for use in the interests of partners," the national leader of the Turkmen people said.
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