An OSCE-organized national training course on the facilitation of transport and transit corridors through the development of the Integrated Border Management (IBM) Strategy and Action Plan with a particular focus on border crossing points (BCPs), took place from 25 to 27 November 2025 in Ashgabat. The course brought together, in-person, officials from Turkmenistan’s border … [Read more...]
UNECE legal instruments and digital solutions in support of LLDCs long-term resilience and prosperity
Lacking direct sea access, landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) face significant barriers in trade, connectivity and development. Their trade costs are up to 74% higher than the global average and it can take twice as long to move goods across borders compared to coastal countries. As a result, landlocked nations are left with just 1.2% of world trade. For LLDCs, … [Read more...]
LLDC3 — From Disadvantage to Advantage: The Role of Land Transportation
Tariq Saeedi Historically, being landlocked has been a barrier to economic development, as it isolates countries from maritime trade routes critical for global commerce. According to the World Bank, landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) pay more than double their coastal neighbors in transport costs, which erodes their competitive edge (World Bank, 2019). However, … [Read more...]
Bridging Nations, Building Trust: How Infrastructure is Forging Peace, Trust and Prosperity across Central Asia
nCa Analysis The winds of change sweeping across Central Asia and its neighboring regions tell a story of transformation, one where the hum of construction and the promise of connectivity are rewriting old narratives of division and scarcity. At the heart of this shift lies a powerful idea: that infrastructure—both the tangible networks of roads, railways, and pipelines, and … [Read more...]
Meeting of National Leader Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with representatives of the World Bank – the development of Turkmenistan’s transport sector under the spotlight
On Friday, 28 February, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, Hero-Arkadag, held a meeting with high-ranking representatives of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. The delegation included the World Bank's Vice President for the Europe and Central Asia, Ms. Antonella Bassani, the World Bank's Regional … [Read more...]
Half a thousand ports around the world: a mega-corridor connects western China with global markets
The new Land-Sea International Trade corridor, a key logistics network connecting China's western regions with global markets, currently covers 555 ports in 127 countries and regions. This is reported by the Xinhua news Agency. The trade corridor, whose operations center is located in the city of Chongqing in southwestern China, connects the world's ports via railways, sea … [Read more...]
Uzbekistan Seeks Alternative Trade Corridors – Some will pass through Turkmenistan
The Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan is actively working to diversify international routes and create alternative transport corridors for cargo transportation. This move aims to reduce reliance on transit countries facing challenges and ensure the stability of foreign trade operations. Transport Minister Ilkhom Makhkamov emphasized this need, stating in an interview with … [Read more...]
Kazakhstan to Establish Single Operator for Aviation Fuel and Upgrade Transport Infrastructure
Kazakhstan plans to designate KazMunayGas-Aero as the single operator for aviation fuel to address shortages and reduce dependency on imports, Minister of Transport Marat Karabayev said at a Dec. 23 meeting in the Mazhilis, a lower house of Parliament, reported Mazhilis’s press service. According to Karabayev, enabling large purchases will eliminate intermediaries, stabilize … [Read more...]
Turkmenistan attracted nearly $1 Billion of investments for transportation projects
At present, investments totaling USD 953.2 million have been attracted for ongoing projects of the transport complex of Turkmenistan, of which 77.5% of the total volume of investment projects have been mastered. This was announced by Dovran Saburov, the chairman of the Turkmen Airlines Agency, speaking at the International Conference "International Transport and Transit … [Read more...]
OSCE: Central Asia plays a key role in the development of new trade routes
Ambassador John MacGregor, Head of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, speaking at the conference the session 1 of ITTC Conference themed “Transport Transit Corridors and Intermodal Connectivity”, stressed the role of modernization and expansion of transit corridors to strengthen economic stability and environmental sustainability. The OSCE, as the largest regional security … [Read more...]
ITTC-2024: The Plenary session highlighted the importance of international cooperation in the field of transport
On 26 November, the International Conference "International Transport and Transit Corridors: Interconnection and Development" (ITTC-2024) began its work in Ashgabat. The speeches of the plenary session were devoted to topical issues of the development of the transport industry, including strengthening international cooperation, innovation, digitalization and environmental … [Read more...]
Ashgabat will host 3rd International Conference and Exhibition “International Transport and Transit Corridors: Interconnectedness and Development – 2024” in Honor of World Sustainable Transport Day
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, is set to host the 3rd International Conference and Exhibition "International Transport and Transit Corridors: Interconnection and Development – 2024" (ITTC-2024) on November 26-27, in honor of World Sustainable Transport Day. Organized by the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan in partnership with … [Read more...]
TIF 2024: Uzbekistan proposes to create a unified transport system in Central Asia
Ilkhom Makhkamov, Minister of Transport of Uzbekistan, outlined his country's efforts to enhance regional and interregional transport connectivity at the TIF 2024 Investment Forum in Ashgabat. Makhkamov highlighted several key transport initiatives involving Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. In order to create the shortest route to the World Ocean for the … [Read more...]
Armenia’s business mission to Almaty: Strengthening economic ties and new transport routes via Turkmenistan and Iran
Almaty recently hosted an important event for business cooperation between Kazakhstan and Armenia — 50 Armenian entrepreneurs visited Kazakhstan with a business mission. The event, organized by the Diplomatic Club “Astana” in collaboration with the embassies of both countries, was aimed at strengthening constructive dialogue between the countries, creating additional … [Read more...]
CIS Approves Action Plan for Enhanced International Transport Corridors
The action plan for optimizing infrastructure and developing international transport corridors passing through the territories of the CIS member states for the period up to 2030 was approved at a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States held in Ashgabat on 24 May 2024. The action plan aims to strengthen cooperation between … [Read more...]
The new corridors of global trade
Tatiana Rey-Bellet, Director TIR and Transit at IRU Recent crises have shifted global trade routes. Trade facilitation tools and digitalisation are needed more than ever to facilitate the flow of goods. Geopolitical developments over the past few years have redefined trade routes, with freight flows through traditional routes, such as the northern Eurasian corridors, … [Read more...]
Central Asian countries are building new transport corridors and changing logistics
Serikbol Koshmaganbetov Geopolitical turbulence in the world is radically changing the infrastructure of transport flows in Central Asia. Asian countries are eager to send their cargo to Europe via the historic Great Silk Road. What is the current development of cargo transportation logistics in Central Asian countries, read the material of the correspondent of Kazinform … [Read more...]
Turkmenistan: A major regional hub of international corridors
Sapa Gurbanberdiev, a leading specialist of the Economic Society "Türkmen logistika ulgamy" One of the strategically important directions of Turkmenistan's foreign policy is the development of transport and communication links at both the regional and international levels to achieve the Global Agenda for Sustainable Development for the period up to 2030. The Program for the … [Read more...]