Possibility of creating new transport routes from Central and South Asia to the Middle East and the Middle East was discussed at the meeting of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov with the Prime Minister Tajikistan Kohir Rasulzoda, TDH reports. The meeting took place on May 11, on the second day of the state visit of the head of Turkmenistan to Tajikistan. 

During the meeting, Serdar Berdimuhamedov stated the expediency of creating new transport and transit corridors passing through the territories of the two states connecting the regions of Central and South Asia, the Near and Middle East.

In this context, the subject of detailed discussion was the prospects for the formation of a transport route in the direction of Tajikistan-Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Turkey, as well as the possibility of organizing multimodal cargo transportation between China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan with access to the seaports of the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea. 

Speaking about the development of cooperation in the field of transport, the interlocutors also noted the relevance of the organization of direct and transit aviation communications between Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. Having stated the high performance of the state visit of the Turkmen delegation to Tajikistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov noted that both sides will have to do a great job of implementing the provisions of bilateral documents signed on the basis of negotiations at the top and at the level government delegations.

In this context, it was proposed in the very near future to organize a meeting of the co-chairs of the Joint Turkmen-Tajik Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Co-operation in an expanded format to discuss practical issues related to implementation of the agreements reached.