Within the framework of Turkmenistan's chairmanship of the UN Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA), a ministerial meeting of SPECA member countries was held on April 8 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

The meeting was attended by: the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Deputy Prime Minister H. Geldymuradov, high-ranking UN representatives, including the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe Tatyana Molchan and the Executive Secretary of ESCAP Armida S. Alisjahbana (online participation), as well as national delegations of SPECA member countries.

The agenda focused on the implementation of key strategic documents adopted within the framework of SPECA, including:

Ashgabat Initiative on Reducing Barriers to Trade and Transport Using UN International Legal Instruments;

Roadmap for Digitalization of Multimodal Data and Document Exchange along the Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor Using UN Legal Instruments and Standards;

SPECA Development Concept until 2030, as well as other initiatives.

The participants considered a wide range of issues, including the development of export potential and the participation of countries in the region in global supply chains, infrastructure connectivity between Central Asia, the Caucasus and Europe; energy connectivity and the development of alternative energy; attracting investment in the transport and logistics sector, the source notes.