In order to further strengthen trade and economic relations of Turkmenistan with neighboring countries in the era of the Revival of a new epoch of a powerful state, as well as in accordance with the Agreement between the Government of Turkmenistan and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan signed on the 5th of October in 2021 on the establishment and regulation of the activities of the Turkmen-Uzbek border trade zone - the Trade Centre, the President of Turkmenistan signed a Resolution, allowing the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations to conclude with the repair and construction unit of the subordinated Central Department of consumer associations companies a contract for the design and construction of a shopping center in the Turkmen-Uzbek border zone of the Dashoguz velayat with the improvement of the adjacent territory, with the condition of laying external supply engineering communication systems, electricity and water supply.
The document prescribes to begin construction work in July 2023 and to hand over the shopping centre with full readiness for operation in July 2025.