Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, July 4
By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:
The President, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a regular meeting of the State Security Council, Trend reports with reference to local TV channel Altyn Asyr.
Chairman of the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan Atadurdy Osmanov reported on the activities of the structural units at all customs borders.
The head of state outlined that customs service should introduce advanced inspection methods, study and put into practice world experience in this area, conduct an uncompromising struggle against violators of customs rules and train highly qualified personnel, reads the message.
“In the conditions of developing market relations, measures are being taken aimed at legal and economic regulation of the flow of goods and vehicles across the customs border,” Turkmen president stated.
As noted, in recent years, the material and technical base of the transport industry has been modernized, new areas of the transport and communication network have been opened at the expense of projects of regional and international importance.
"This, in turn, has a positive impact on the involvement of Turkmenistan in the global logistics system, and provides an opportunity for growth in the volume of transit cargo flows," the state news agency Turkmen Dovlet Habarlary writes in its commentary.
Turkmenistan borders on land with , Iran, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and at sea with Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Iran.
Official Ashgabat considers the development of large-scale North-South and East-West transport corridors, an increase in the capabilities of the Central Asia-Gulf communication network, and the development of transport links in the Caspian-Black Sea region to be a priority for its policy. These projects concern the expansion of transport and communications between the countries of Central Asia with a further access to the markets of Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Near and Middle East.
In particular, sea freight transportation in the Caspian Sea is becoming increasingly important in the external economic relations of Turkmenistan. The volume of cargo handled at the harbor berths is growing, through which industrial and agricultural equipment, automotive equipment, metal products, timber, mineral fertilizers are delivered to the country, and polypropylene, coke and other petroleum products, chemical and construction products are sent abroad.