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Mar 07 2024

Turkmenistan road transport priorities on the table

The implementation of TIR Green Lanes, eTIR and training capacity topped the agenda during the first meeting between IRU’s Secretary General and the new UN Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan.

The Secretary General of IRU, Umberto de Pretto, and Vepa Hajiyev, the new Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, discussed the importance of road transport for Turkmenistan, a landlocked country at the heart of north-south and east-west connectivity.

 

Umberto de Pretto lauded the impressive progress made by Turkmenistan in building state-of-the-art road and port infrastructure. But he highlighted that Turkmenistan should further couple these hard infrastructure developments with efficient soft solutions to grow into a regional trade and transit hub connecting world economies and enhancing transit security.

 

Turkmenistan has already taken important steps in this direction. Notable measures include the digitalisation of customs procedures and connecting TIR-EPD to the integrated customs management system (ASYCUDA WORLD) for advance risk management. Read more

 

Source: IRU