On February 19, 2018, the official representatives of Turkmenistan made a statement on the occasion of the adoption of the UNGA resolution “Strengthening the links between all modes of transport in order to achieve the goals of sustainable development” at the regular meeting of the OSCE Committee on Economic and Environmental Affairs.
In the statement, it was noted that on December 20, 2017, at the seventy second session of the UN General Assembly in New York, on the initiative of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Resolution “Strengthening the links between all modes of transport to achieve sustainable development goals” was adopted. The adoption of this resolution testifies to the high prestige of Turkmenistan in the world arena and the universal recognition of its contribution to sustainable development.
It was emphasized that Turkmenistan initiates and implements large-scale infrastructure projects in the transport and communication sector and makes a significant contribution to the architecture of the new geo-economic space.
In this regard, the participants were introduced with the events planned in 2018 under the motto of “Turkmenistan is the heart of the Great Silk Road.” In particular, the participants of the meeting were informed of the upcoming events on February 23, 2018, which are the launch of the construction of the next phase of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline, the ground-breaking of the power transmission and the fiber-optic communication lines Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan as well as the opening of the new railroad Serhetabat-Turgundi.
