President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, speaking at the Summit of CIS Heads of State in Bishkek, emphasized that the priority for the CIS is to intensify cooperation in the economy.

The head of state reminded that in 2019 in Ashgabat, at a meeting of the Council of Heads of States of the CIS, the Declaration on Strategic Economic Cooperation of the Commonwealth Member States, developed at the initiative of Turkmenistan, was signed, which formed the basis for the later adopted CIS Economic Development Strategy until 2030.

According to the President of Turkmenistan, the strategy provides for close cooperation in the areas of trade, industrial cooperation, transport, energy, investment and other priority sectors.

The head of state expressed confidence in the relevance for the Commonwealth states of projects initiated by the Turkmen side to diversify energy, transport and communication components in the context of the development of large-scale infrastructure corridors North-South and East-West.

«In this context, we attach great importance to increasing logistics capabilities with transport links in the Caspian-Black Sea and Asia-Pacific regions, as well as with the Gulf and Middle East countries», –the head of Turkmenistan emphasized.