BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 22. Turkmenistan will build new industrial facilities during the implementation of the second stage of construction of the new administrative center of Arkadag city, President of the Supreme Council of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said during a working trip to the city, Trend reports.
He noted that, as part of the second stage, it is planned to build production complexes for the industrial processing of local raw materials that meet all environmental requirements.
As part of this, Berdimuhamedov identified the study of issues related to the selection of local construction companies that will participate in the second stage of the construction of Arkadag city.
The city of Arkadag has been named the new administrative center of the Ahal region of Turkmenistan, in which approximately 70,000 people will live.
Furthermore, it is being built on an area of 950 hectares, 30 kilometers southwest of the capital of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, and its construction was started in 2019. Almost $1.5 billion have been allocated for the project.