At an extended meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, the results of the work of the transport and communications complex for 2023 were summed up. As reported by the head of the Agency of Transport and Communications, Mammethan Chakyev, the growth rate for the execution of work and provision of services in the complex as a whole amounted to 121%, writes TDH.

The growth rate of cargo transportation by road, rail, air, sea and river transport reached 103.5%, and for passenger transportation - 105.7%.

The growth rate for the provision of services for the indicated period for the Turkmendemiryollary agency was 106.4%, the Turkmenavtoulaglary agency - 118%, the Turkmenhowayollary agency - 192.2%, the

Turkmendenizderyayollary agency - 106.1%, the Turkmenaragatnashyk agency "- 111.5%.

Information was also provided on the progress of implementation of the “Concept for the development of the digital economy in Turkmenistan for 2019–2025.”

A separate topic of the report was the results of past meetings of joint working commissions on the development of transport and logistics cooperation with foreign countries, as well as investing in the construction of industrial and social facilities for the transport and communications complex in various parts of the country.

Summarizing the report, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov focused on the priority tasks for the further development of the industry. In this context, the importance of expanding transit corridor routes, increasing the volume and quality of passenger and cargo transportation, and increasing all types of services in the field of transport and communications was noted.

Particular emphasis was placed on the need to systematically replenish the fleet of motor transport enterprises with modern buses, taxis and trucks of various types, as well as expand the range of services provided to the population.

“It is necessary to continue to take practical steps to reconstruct the country’s existing air harbors and build new ones, as well as to continue work on opening international flights to new economically more profitable destinations and expanding cargo transportation routes,” President Serdar Berdimuhamedov emphasized.