Turkmenistan Accedes to International Agreements in Field of Transport

Within the framework of the Global Conference on Sustainable Transport, held in Ashgabat on November 26-27, Turkmenistan acceded to the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway, the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network, the Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports and the International Convention on the Harmonization of Control of Goods at the Border.

The purpose of these agreements aims at the harmonization and simplification of intermodal transport in the Asia-Pacific region, the expansion of international trade, improving efficiency and reducing the cost of transportation and logistics services, and meeting the needs of countries that are not landlocked.

The intergovernmental agreement on Dry Ports was signed on November 7, 2013 in Bangkok (Thailand), by representatives of several countries of the Economic and Cocial Commission for Asia and the Pacific, in order to simplify procedures for marine cargo transportation by land transport. The main objective of the Agreement was to enable Asian politics and Pacific countries to develop a network of transport and logistics complexes: Dry Ports of international importance in the Asia-Pacific region, along the road and rail routes included in the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network and the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway.

The purpose of the International Convention on the Harmonization of Control of Goods expects to facilitate international transport through the national and international coordination of control and methods of application.

The conference also saw the signing of a number of Memoranda of Understanding for cooperation in the field of transport, including cooperation between the Ministry of Railway Transport of Turkmenistan and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea, a Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Armenia on the intentions for further cooperation in the field of transport, and the meeting protocol between delegations of aviation authorities of Turkmenistan and the Kyrgyz Republic.

Among the signed documents was also an agreement between the Academy of Public Service under the President of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the implementation of funded United Nations Population Fund Action Plans 2016-2020, approved in the framework of cooperation for the implementation of the country program for Turkmenistan; and Action Plans between the Academy of Public Service under the President of Turkmenistan and the UNFPA for 2016 and 2017.

Tamta Darsalia