and the traditionally warm welcome of the caspian economic forum has established itself as a mutually beneficial and long-term format of cooperation. i want to note that the sixth caspian summit, held in ashgabat , demonstrated the solidarity and ability of the caspian five countries to resolve issues in a good-neighborly and rational manner. the caspian region has a rich history and diverse culture. here are concentrated. significant human resources and the richest natural resources due to its geographical location and unique transit potential. the caspian plays an important role in the development of international trade. in this regard, let me dwell on some priority areas of our cooperation. the first is the development of transport infrastructure and the expansion of international trade kazakhstan has outlined big plans for the formation of cross-border hubs, which will increase the potential of the transport corridor to the north-south and east-west. these are seaports, aktau kuryk dry port khorgos international center for

industrial cooperation of central asia and others these hubs contribute to the expansion of trade flows with the caspian countries and further with international markets. in this regard, it is important that the initiative of the head of our state served as martakayev on the creation of a caspian food hub. which can become a major transport and logistics center for the port of aktau to fully unlock the potential of interregional trade. we need to improve the transport connectivity of the region direction from the north to turkmenistan and iran is the shortest route to the countries of the persian gulf. in addition, there are potential threats from india in our direction, it can become a hub on the route india the persian gulf countries iran kazakhstan russia today, along the east-west route, the

role of the trans-space transport corridor has significantly increased to ensure transit flows between europe central asia and china specified route should be synchronous, kazakhstan is ready to start practical joint actions to strengthen the transit potential of the region, and today we are at the narrow end. uh, we agreed with my colleagues that we will start this work right away, which, as they say now, and uh, we will develop an appropriate road map and start expanding the potential of our e-transit routes. the second is cooperation with in the energy sector. one of the important aspects in this area is regional energy security , according to the international energy agency . probable reserves in the caspian region are 48 billion barrels of oil and eight trillion cubic meters

of gas, for example, in the kazakh sector of the caspian sea, one of the world's largest oil fields, koshagan, is being developed. today we are improving, creating more attractive conditions for investment in metro use, by the end of this year, an improved model contract will be introduced, which provides for fiscal and regulatory references for complex oil and gas projects onshore and offshore. deep processing of oil and gas becomes one of the priorities for the further development of the global energy industry for the implementation of promising oil and gas chemistry projects in kazakhstan, the necessary conditions have been created for investors. we are talking about significant measures of state support for preferences within the framework of the special economic zone in the atyrau region, taking into account the practical experience of the caspian countries in this area, we invite you to take an active part in the implementation of petrochemical projects. the third is the sphere of ecology of coastal zones. more than 15 million people live in the caspian sea

the ecological balance is the most important task for our countries. the environmental problems of the sea are associated with the depletion of its biological resources and the risks of serious pollution as a result of the extraction of raw materials and the transportation of goods. in this regard, we urge you to support the resumption of the activities of the caspian environmental program. a separate issue is the fate of the caspian seal, which is listed in the red book. we need to complete work on the adoption of a common protocol on cooperation in the field of combating illegal fishery of aquatic biological resources in the caspian sea. the fourth is the development of tourism following the results of the previous meeting and consultation. we have made good progress and adopted a number of joint decisions in this area. in particular, the creation of joint combined tours. the development of cruise tourism liberalization of visa migration regimes, the key decision was the initiation of a draft agreement between the countries of the caspian sea basin in the field of tourism,

we propose to intensify work on its early signing, in turn, by the government kazakhstan is taking steps to build on the coast. caspian sea favorable tourism climate until the year 25, it is planned to implement at least 15 investment projects worth more than 360 million dollars this year, along with the restoration of a visa-free regime for citizens of 74 countries, a 14-day visa-free regime for citizens of iran, china and india has been additionally introduced dear ladies and gentlemen conclusion. let me once again thank our russian friends for their hospitality and express our confidence that this forum will give a significant additional impetus to further development of cooperation between our countries thank you for your attention and wish you all fruitful work. thank you. the floor is given to the deputy chairman of the cabinet of ministers of turkmenistan khadzhimurat gildimurad. dear mikhail

vladimirovich, we respect the city deputy, a participant in the creations, first of all. let me express my deep gratitude to turkmenistan to sign the russian federation for the high level of organization and holding of the second caspian economic forum warmly welcomes all sections of the plenary meeting form and wish everyone constructive and well-prepared meetings and discussions, the priority of cooperation in the caspian sea is the economic sphere. it is multifaceted, including transport, logistics , communications, energy production operations, and another breakthrough solution is the creation of a promising partnership of the caspian economic forum. held in the city of turkmenbashi in the summer of the nineteenth year,

then the decision was made and the agreements became a meaningful platform for strategic planning of economic activities in kasli outlined and perspective the agenda of the current form is very rich and includes priority issues of economics, ecology and social spheres, which is of utmost importance for the implementation of decisions to take them at the sixth caspian santekh in the city of ashgabat, where the presidents of all our states noted the existing high potential impact and positively assessed level of mutual cooperation. in recent years, the roll and way of the states in the caspian region in the world has significantly increased the population of the caspian states is 1265 million people, or three to four dozen percent of the world's population. gross domestic product in 2021 amounted to

almost 3 million us dollars or more than three percent of the world century, the volume of foreign trade with the caspian states is about 4% of the world trade volume, all this allows us to strengthen mutually beneficial economic cooperation , develop cultural and humanitarian ties and ensure environmental security respect the participants. i would like to note that for our state cooperation with the direction foreign economic activity. we highly appreciate the mutual understanding that has developed between our state, which helps us from year to year. from business economic ties, which serve as a good platform for stable economic development and achieving the goal of sustainable development, which is currently inferior to one of the key areas of socio-economic development of turkmenistan. one of the most important outcomes of the sixth

caspian kingdom was the confirmation of the interest of our states interaction in the energy sector, the development of which today has become relevant not only for our motherland for the whole world, as you know, the caspian countries have huge natural wealth and developed fuel and energy industries. so is the oil production of our state. in the first year amounted to 13.7 parallels per day or 20% of world production, natural gas production amounted to hear one for a meter or 6% of the region generating a percentage of the world 's energy e, adhering to a very responsible approach to efficient civil colossal energy potential of the national interests of its benefit to mankind.

our country is taking concrete steps in this direction. one of the key vectors of the energy strategy of turkmenistan is the door from the supply of natural gas to the world markets. what is clearly evidenced by the adoption of the general us divided by a reliable and stable transit of energy carriers, the increase in the level of coordination between the states of activity remains relevant to create favorable conditions for the implementation of joint projects. it is also necessary to unite our efforts to form a commodity distribution wall, which will allow us to comprehensively address issues of trade development. we consider trade structures and the creation of export channels in connection with this important area of ​​cooperation by the caspian state

, both in the field of harmonization of legislation in the field of digital trade and related certification procedures in the field of customs certification procedures, cooperation of control and supervisory authorities, on digital trade and priority organization healthcare flows. all are deprived of international trade and economic development, it is necessary to use the existing transit corridors and logistics infrastructure of our states, and this will also be facilitated by the best practice of public private partnership. in turkmenistan, the vision of the production of the achievements of world science and modern technologies, especially are the transport of the value of the sphere, as being intensively developed. all promising segment of our yanar economy. today, our country is actively implementing transport transit corridors in the direction of north, south and east-west.

participates in the creation of international transport corridors, turkmenistan azerbaijan georgia turkey uzbekistan turkmenistan iran omon qatar and traheta diploma, in addition, a project was implemented to build a road and rail bridge across the people's airports in the cities of ashgabat turkmenbashit turkmenabat, as well as the international seaport of turkmenshiy, the construction of an important facility has begun the transport infrastructure facility of the new car is much of the bridge, across the bay of work and sports along the car along conclusion of a contract for the construction of an international a car on the roads of turkmen-mashi kazakhstan this project is a significant contribution to increasing trade economic activity