On 16 April 2024, a meeting was held in Ashgabat between Asset Asavbayev, Secretary General of the TRACECA Permanent Secretariat, and Mammetkhan Chakiyev, Director General of the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, Asavbayev outlined ongoing TRACECA initiatives, including efforts to improve multimodal transport across the […]
Ashgabat Hosts Meeting on CASCA+ Multimodal Transport Corridor Development
A three-day meeting of heads of railway departments from countries participating in the international multimodal transport corridor “Countries of the Asia-Pacific region-China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Türkiye-Europe” (CASCA+) kicked off in Ashgabat on 15 November. Representatives from the public and private sectors of CASCA+ member countries gathered to discuss strategies for revitalizing the route. Specific topics included implementing special tariffs […]
Russia, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan to Develop Transport Corridor Through Turkmenistan
Russia, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan intend to develop the international multimodal transport corridor “Russia – Caspian Sea – Turkmenistan – Uzbekistan – Kyrgyzstan”. The relevant memorandum was signed on 1 November 2023, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, at the Transport Forum of the SCO member states between the Minister of Transport of Uzbekistan Ikhlom Makhkamov, Deputy Minister of […]
Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Türkiye discuss international transport corridor
On Friday, 13 October 2023, transport departments and representatives of the railway sector of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Türkiye and Uzbekistan held an online meeting, the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan reports. Issues aimed at accelerating the processes related to the signing of the agreement on the creation of the international transport corridor “China-Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Türkiye-Europe” were discussed […]
Turkmenistan Joins Basic Agreement on TRACECA International Transport Corridor
On 30 September 2023, Turkmenistan joined the Basic Multilateral Agreement on International Transport for the Development of the Europe–Caucasus–Asia Corridor, the basic legal document of the TRACECA (Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia). The law was adopted by the Parliament of Turkmenistan and signed by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov. In September 1998 at the historic Summit in Baku the […]
Turkic States Look to Enhance Intraregional Connectivity Through Transport Corridors
The 2nd Meeting of the Heads of Railway Administrations of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) took place on 14 September 2023 in Istanbul under the moderation of Mirvokhid Azimov, Deputy Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States. The meeting was attended by the Secretary General of OTG K.Omuraliev, as well as heads and […]
Turkmenistan may become a transit corridor for Uzbekistan to transport goods to Russia
Russia and Uzbekistan are exploring the possibility of organizing export-import cargo transportation along the multimodal route Uzbekistan–Turkmenistan–Caspian Sea–Russia and back. This was discussed at the meeting of the Minister of Transport of Uzbekistan Ilkhom Makhkamov with the State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation D. Zverev. Issues of bilateral cooperation in […]