Turkmenistan's investments in transport infrastructure development amounted to over 48 billion manats

Turkmenistan's investments in transport infrastructure development amounted to over 48 billion manats
17 07.08.2025

At the conference held within the framework of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Mammethan Chakiyev announced large-scale investments in the country's transport and communications sector. From 2015 to 2021, over 48 billion manats were allocated to this industry. This was reported by the online publication Turkmenportal.

M. Chakiyev emphasised the strategic geographical location of Turkmenistan, which is at the crossroads of key transport routes between East and West, North and South. According to him, the country's territory is crossed by major international corridors, including the Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor, the North-South route, the Caspian Corridor and other promising directions.

Among the infrastructure projects that have been implemented, the Deputy Prime Minister noted the construction of the Ashgabat-Turkmenabat motorway, the construction of a bridge across the Karabogaz River in the direction of Kazakhstan, the modernisation of the Turkmenbashi Sea Port and the reconstruction of the Turkmenbashi Airport. Particular attention was paid to promising initiatives, including the creation of a new logistics hub in the border areas with Iran and Uzbekistan, as well as the development of the Caspian transport platform in cooperation with the ports of Baku and Aktau.

Turkmenistan proposed the creation of a single digital space for landlocked countries with an integrated logistics platform, and also put forward an initiative to establish regional funds to finance infrastructure and digital projects.