ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, February 14.
Turkmenistan has created the Ministry of Automobile Roads on the
basis of the former State Agency for Road Construction Management,
Trend reports via the press service of the Turkmen
Government.
The decision was made by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at a
Cabinet meeting on Turkmenistan’s 2025 macroeconomic performance.
The President appointed Hojamurat Kerimov as the head of the new
ministry, which was established in order to modernize the country’s
road infrastructure and improve the efficiency of the transport
system.
Starting from January 1, 2026, Turkmenistan begin to apply new
simplified licensing rules for road freight transport. The
presidential decree approved a new Regulation on Licensing of Road
Transport Activities, which streamlines requirements and conditions
for obtaining licenses for cargo transportation. The document also
updates and simplifies the list of documents required from
applicants.
Turkmenistan plays a key transit role in Central Asia,
participating in the Lapis Lazuli Corridor (linking
Afghanistan/Central Asia to Europe via Türkiye), as a potential
link in the INSTC (via Iran/Persian Gulf), and as a Caspian Sea
nation leveraging the Middle Corridor (Trans-Caspian) and the
TRACECA network (Europe-Caucasus-Asia) to diversify trade,
connecting to Europe, Türkiye, and the Indian Ocean through the
Ashgabat Agreement, aiming to become a major Eurasian logistics hub
and reduce reliance on traditional routes.
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