Belarus: road construction companies invited to build motorway in Turkmenistan

Belarusian road construction companies have been invited to participate in building a motorway in Turkmenistan. Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Anatoly Kalinin made the statement after the session of the Belarusian-Turkmen intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation in Minsk on May 10. Anatoly Kalinin said: “We have agreed to advance our cooperation in transportation by rail…

Turkmenistan to build highway to Kazakh border

The plans on construction of the Turkmenbashi-Garabogaz-Kazakhstan border highway with a length of 242 kilometers were revealed at the Turkmen government meeting. President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov ordered to study the issue of construction of this route, which would become the continuation of the Ashgabat-Turkmenbashi high-speed multimodal highway. The construction of the border highway will…

Turkmenistan to support private sector

Support to the private sector of economy is among important priorities in Turkmenistan, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said in his message to participants of the International exhibition of household goods. “On this basis, we set before ourselves the goal to significantly increase the share of individual enterprises in the structure of GDP,” said Berdimuhamedov in his…

Turkmenistan: OSCE consulting on aviation security

An OSCE-organized training course on security procedures at aviation checkpoints and analyzing X-ray images for aviation security and law-enforcement personnel has been held in Ashgabat, the OSCE said in a message. The practical training course brought together 19 officials from the Aviation Security Service of Turkmenistan Airlines, the Transport Police of the Interior Ministry, the…

Turkmenistan and South Korea hold business talks

Ashgabat hosted a meeting of the Turkmenistan-South Korea intergovernmental commission on commercial, economic, scientific and technological cooperation, said the Turkmen Foreign Ministry in a message. The Turkmen side was headed by Deputy Prime Minister Maksat Babayev, the South Korean side – by Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Joo Hyunghwan. The meeting’s agenda included the…