President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov congratulated Turkmen railwaymen with commissioning of the Bereket Locomotive Depot. “With your success in building railway lines of national and international significance, engineering and technical facilities, and with your diligent work you contribute greatly to ensuring prosperity of the country, strengthening its economic might, and developing other areas of national economy”, states the message by the head of state. Today Turkmenistan ranks among the most dynamically developing countries of the world. One of the most important segments of the national economy is railway transport. In accordance with the concept of development of this sector, major international projects have been carried out; railway terminals, depots, train stations and relevant infrastructure facilities have been built and commissioned within tight deadlines. These measures help improve the quality of transportation services in our country and open wider perspectives for expansion of fruitful commercial and economic partnership with the neighboring countries. Turkmenistan pursues the policy of peacefulness, humanism and constructive cooperation with the countries of the planet and establishes transcontinental rail corridors in the sphere of transport and logistics. These important initiatives are supported by the world community, reads the message. The Bereket Locomotive Depot has been built along the international transport corridor, Kazakhstan–Turkmenistan–Iran, that is to link the countries of the regions to ports on the Persian Gulf via the shortest route. Commissioning of this new facility will promote our country’s reliable functioning as a transport and transit hub. Our initiatives are aimed at ensuring our country’s active integration into the international transport infrastructure and creating major logistics centers in Turkmenistan to coordinate multimodal cargo transportation in the region. This is also important in the context of reviving the Great Silk Road in the modern format and its efficient operation. During the years of independence, tremendous work has been carried out to develop the domestic railway transportation industry: logistics and supply base enhanced and modern infrastructure created. Works in the due course are continuing. Putting into operation of the Bereket Locomotive Depot linking our country’s railway network with North-South and East-West routes will help upgrade transportation services to a higher level, stressed the Presidential address.