Turkmenistan will host the 84th meeting of the Council on Railway Transport of the CIS Member States. The event will take place in June 2026. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Railway Transport of Turkmenistan, Sylapberdi Nurberdiyev, at the SPECA Economic Forum in Ashgabat, reports AsmanNews.

According to him, the Turkmen side is ready to organise the meeting and is counting on the participation of delegations from the CIS countries. He also invited the forum participants to join the future session of the Council.

Sylapberdi Nurberdiyev noted that Turkmenistan is developing the region as an international transport and logistics hub and is open to joint infrastructure projects.

Among the priorities, he mentioned the ‘Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Oman’ corridor, which could provide Central Asian countries with access to the ports of the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean.

The importance of the ‘Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran’ railway line, the eastern route of the North-South corridor, was also emphasised. According to the Deputy Minister, this is one of the most efficient routes to the ports of the Gulf of Oman, which is in demand not only in the region, but also in Russia and China.