Turkmenistan attaches particular importance to cooperation between CIS countries in the North-South transport corridor project. This was stated by the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, speaking at a meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of State in Moscow on Tuesday.

“Turkmenistan attaches particular importance to cooperation between the CIS countries in the North-South transport corridor project along the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea with further access to Iran and further to the seaports of the Indian Ocean,” said Serdar Berdimuhamedov.

“In this regard, we propose to begin a substantive discussion and agreement on uniform tariff, customs, visa and other preferences for the countries participating in the project,” the President of Turkmenistan continued.

In his opinion, “similar work needs to be carried out in the context of plans to create transport corridors through the territory of Central Asian countries and the Caspian region along the East-West line”.

In this regard, Serdar Berdimuhamedov proposed “to consider in specific terms the modalities of this work – indicating the deadlines, agenda, and to give instructions to the relevant departments of our countries”.