Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Nov. 1
By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:
Turkmen government is ready to host the second UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference in Ashgabat, said Aksoltan Ataeva, permanent representative of Turkmenistan to the UN, at a joint event with the international organization, Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a message.
The first UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference was held in Ashgabat in November 2016.
Recently, at the initiative of the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the UN, together with the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), a round table meeting was held on the issues of sustainable transport and mobility for all.
The event took place with the participation of the UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and the Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS), the World Bank and the International Center for Transport Diplomacy (ICTD). The event was attended by the heads of the UN secretariat, representatives of regional commissions, permanent representatives and diplomats of missions of the UN member states, representatives of non-governmental and public organizations.
Ataeva informed that after the conference held in Ashgabat certain work was done in the sustainable transport development.
In particular, a five-sided agreement was signed on the creation of the Lapis Lazuli transport corridor, the opening of the international sea port in Turkmenbashi took place, and a resolution of the UN General Assembly on sustainable transport was adopted.
Ashgabat is involved in a number of large-scale transport projects. The Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran and Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan railways, automobile and railway bridges across the Amudarya River, airports, highways, international sea port of Turkmenbashi are the important links in the international transport network in the region.