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Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Its main seaport of Turkmenbashi which offers cargo and passenger services to other Caspian Sea littoral states.

Kazakh ships to gain faster access to Russian rivers for shipment of goods from and to Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 9, 2020 – Kazakhstani companies will gain faster and easier access to inland waterways (navigable rivers) in Russia...

Analysis – Russia to develop modern container terminals in the Caspian Sea and Volga river

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) September 29, 2020 – There are no modern Russian container terminals on the Caspian Sea and the Volga river and it looks like...

Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan agree steps to increase cargo along Lapis Lazuli corridor

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) September 8, 2020 – A trilateral online meeting was held with the participation of representatives of the transport sector...

Turkmenistan and Romania seek to boost ties

On August 19, 2020, an on-line meeting took place in the Ministry of Finance and Economy, Turkmenistan, between Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan...

Makhachkala port seeks Russian transport hub role in the Caspian Sea

Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) August 13, 2020 – The Russian government is planning to develop the infrastructure of Makhachkala port, Dagestan, on...

Romania and Turkmenistan discuss transport corridors

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) July 17, 2020 – Representatives from Romania and Turkmenistan have online discussions about the Caspian Sea – Black...

Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan discuss Lapis Lazuli transport corridor

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) July 14, 2020 – Yesterday, an online meeting was held between the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of...

Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Azerbaijan discuss Lapis Lazuli transport corridor

On July 2, 2020, a trilateral video meeting was held between the presidents of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Azerbaijan. The agenda of the high-level meeting...

Turkmenistan holds talks with EBRD

On June 23, 2020, in the building of the MFA, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov met with the Head of the Representative Office of the...

Turkmenistan-European Union Joint Committee meets

On June 25, 2020, the nineteenth meeting of the Turkmenistan-European Union Joint Committee was held at the Ministry of Finance and Economics of Turkmenistan...

Kyrgyzstan and EU discuss cooperation

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) June 14, 2020 – The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President...

Baku, Turkmenbashi, Aktau and Kuryk ports discuss measures to combat COVID-19

Baku, Turkmenbashi, Aktau and Kuryk ports discuss joint measures to combat COVID-19 pandemic – May 20, 2020 On May 20, at the initiative of the...

Turkmenistan leads Caspian Sea-Black Sea transport corridor discussion

On May 7, 2020, a quadrilateral, virtual working meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on the project of intergovernmental...

Baku transports bulk cargo in containers

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 14, 2020 – Baku Port has started handling bulk cargo transported by container as part of a cooperation between ADY...

Turkmenistan and Georgia discuss transport corridors

On April 1, 2020, a meeting was held in videoconference format between the representatives of Turkmenistan and Georgia at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of...

Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan discuss expanding cooperation

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) March 16, 2020 – President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has an official visit to Azerbaijan, hosted by...

Caspian Sea littoral states meet to discuss cooperation

On January 27, 2020, the sixth meeting of authorized representatives of the Caspian littoral states for discussing the draft Protocol on cooperation in the...

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