Turkmenistan will put forward a number of topical initiatives in the transport sector at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, which will open on September 12 in New York.

This is stated in the Priority Positions of Turkmenistan at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, published on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

Thus, Ashgabat will take the initiative to prepare a draft resolution of the UN General Assembly "Strengthening links between all modes of transport to achieve Sustainable Development Goals".

Turkmenistan will also make a proposal to hold a high-level Meeting of the General Assembly jointly with the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs to promote sustainable transport cooperation within the framework of the Ashgabat process, timed to coincide with the World Sustainable Transport Day – 26 November.

In addition, our country will make efforts to further strengthen cooperation within the Group of Friends on Sustainable Transport. In this regard, it is proposed to hold the first high-level meeting of the Group of Friends on Sustainable Transport in December 2023.

In preparation for the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries in 2024 in Kigali (Rwanda), Turkmenistan is ready to consider holding a preparatory meeting in Ashgabat in 2024.

At the same time, Turkmenistan will continue to work on the development of a draft resolution of the General Assembly on "Enhancing the role of landlocked developing countries in the development and strengthening of global transport cooperation" and the establishment of a Special Working Group at the UN to promote the interests of landlocked countries in the transport sector.