Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan discuss ways to simplify visa procedures

On February 7, employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the Agency of Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, the agency "Turkmenavtowlaglary" and the State Migration Service of the republic met online with representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan to simplify visa procedures for road freight carriers of the two countries. This is reported by Centralasia.news.

Turkmenistan is currently continuing to actively increase trade relations with countries in the Central Asian region, including Uzbekistan. One example of expanding partnership is the agreement signed in 2022 on the establishment of the Shavat-Dashoguz cross-border trade zone. The terminal is scheduled for commissioning in 2025.