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Turkmenistan implements construction worth $45 billion

Turkmenistan Materials 20 October 2014 13:12 (UTC +04:00)

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Oct.20
By Huseyn Hasanov- Trend:

Turkmenistan successfully implements large-scale projects of international and state importance, the country's president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said at the meeting of the cabinet of ministers, Turkmen media reported.

"Intensive construction of more than 2,000 different buildings and structures totaling over $45 billion continues," the state news service Turkmen Dovlet Khabarlary (TDH) reported citing the president.
The Turkmen leader also said that at present, the construction of the North-South transnational railway, which will connect the regions of the continent, has been completed, the newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan said.

Meanwhile, the Vatan newspaper reported that work is underway on the development and improvement of oil and gas fields, large gas pipelines, air harbors, highways and large bridges in the country.

Turkmenistan also has some 237 projects worth nearly $4 billion which have been put into operation in the country in the first 9 months of 2014.

Turkmenistan holds the fourth place on natural gas reserves in the world after Russia, Iran and Qatar, according to the British Petroleum's (BP) report.

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