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INTERNATIONAL

International Cooperation of Turkmenistan

in the Field of Transport:

Following the Goals and Objectives

of the 2030 Agenda for

Sustainable Development

On September 25 2015, 193 countries adopted 17 global goals and 169
relevant objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. New
goals and objectives have an integrated and indivisible nature and provide a

balance of all three pillars of sustainable development: economic, social and

environmental.

One of the key structural elements count the special needs of developing As pointed out by President Gurban-
of sustainable development, along landlocked countries and developing guly Berdimuhamedov, the global
with energy, food supply and nutri- countries of transit in the field of de- transport strategy of XXI century is
tion, water and oceans is formation velopment. In this context, providing the strategy of the integration break-
of a reliable transport infrastructure. international support to developing through, combining the geographical
Development of transport and transit countries in this area plays a particu- and infrastructural capacity, techni-
corridors will bring great economic lar importance. cal and technological potentials of
and political preferences to States countries and regions. Future is for
and regions, will increase the com- The importance of transport and mo- the combined transportation system
petitiveness of national transport bility in accelerating the progress of with access to major international
systems and will promote the com- specific goals and objectives of the and regional sea, river, road, rail and
patibility of their strategic interests 2030 Agenda for sustainable devel- air units, an optimal mix and use of
by connecting spaces and industrial opment is evident. the advantages of each.
and resource potentials. Thus, trans-
port plays a central role for sustain- Speaking about Turkmenistan's po- Following this strategy, Turkmenistan
able development. sition in this area, it should be em- Puts forward important international
phasized that the current year 2016 initiatives and is taking the necessary
In the outcome document of the will enter into the chronicles of in- measures for their implementation.
World Forum "Rio + 20" it was stated dependent and neutral Turkmeni- This was clearly demonstrated by or-
that transport and mobility are essen- stan as one of the most successful ganisation of the high-level interna-
tial for sustainable development. The years in the country's history of for- tional conference entitled <The Role of
Forum participants also confirmed eign policy. On 22 December 2015, Transport and Transit Corridors in En-
the need to promote an integrated the General Assembly of the United suring International Cooperation, Sta-
approach to the development of na- Nations adopted with consensus bility and Sustainable Development>>,
tional, regional and local policies in of UN member states a resolution held in Ashgabat in September 2014.
relation to transport services and sys- initiated by Turkmenistan and en-
tems with a view to contributing to titled "Towards comprehensive The forum adopted the Ashgabat
sustainable development. cooperation among all modes of Declaration, which reflected an un-
transport for promoting sustain- derstanding of the need for an elab-
At the same time, it was noted that able multimodal transit corridors' oration of criteria of cooperation in
when creating stable transit transport Co-authors of the document were this area, focused on diversification,
systems it is important to take into ac- 85 member states of the UN. security, availability, reliability and
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