On January 14 this year, the esteemed President ­Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov conducted a regular sitting of the Cabinet of Ministers via the digital system, at which priority issues of the state life and the developed drafts of a number of documents were considered. In the context of the priority tasks of the further comprehensive socioeconomic development of the country, issues related to the use of the transport potential of Turkmenistan to expand trade and economic relations and to increase the transit of cargo transportation were also put on the agenda. Strategically important measures, aimed at the comprehensive modernisation of the material and technical base of all modes of transport in our country, the formation of a modern specialised infrastructure and the further strengthening of the position of Turkmenistan as a regional centre of international transport and transit corridors, are included in the Presidential Programme of Transport Diplomacy Development for 2022–2025. This document was considered and approved at the sitting of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The topic of developing the transport and transit potential of Turkmenistan is topical from various points of view. Firstly, over the past decade, stable economic growth rates have been observed in our country as a result of strategically thought-out socioeconomic reforms of our esteemed President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. And this enhances the role of our country in the global trade and economic balance. Secondly, the Programme of the production of export-oriented goods, successfully implemented under the leadership of the head of state, and a significant increase in the number of export positions of Turkmenistan make it necessary to diversify the geography of exports through the use of various modes of transport. Thirdly, this is relevant in the context of the economic agenda of the Central Asian and Caspian regions. Today, the dynamic development of cooperation and trade, with the participation of Turkmenistan as well, can be observed there.