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On May 1-2, 2025, our esteemed President Serdar Berdimuhamedov paid a working visit to the Balkan velayat.

Esteemed President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held an expanded meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers during his visit. Careful preparations are currently underway for the Third United Nations Global Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, which will be held in the Avaza National Tourist Zone in August this year and will be an importance step in intensifying dialogue between the countries of the region and the world.

In this regard, our esteemed President of Turkmenistan during the meeting heard reports from the Chairman of the Mejlis and Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers on the preparations for the international conference to be held in the “Avaza” National Tourist Zone.

Then, the Head of State addressing the members of the Cabinet of Ministers noted that the Third United Nations Global Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, which will be held in the “Avaza” National Tourist Zone in August this year, will be one of the main events of the International Year of Peace and Trust. Based on this, the importance of good preparation for this important international forum, which will be held jointly with the United Nations was emphasized.

Our esteemed President, who is on a working visit to the Balkan velayat, took part in the opening ceremony of the Balkanabat International Airport.

Addressing the participants of the ceremony and our compatriots, esteemed President Serdar Berdimuhamedov noted that every day of the Revival of the new era of a powerful state is filled with historical events and labor victories. “And today, when the current International Year of Peace and Trust is marked by a series of achievements, we are taking part in the opening ceremony of the Balkanabat International Airport” said the Head of State and sincerely congratulated everyone on the opening and commissioning of this modern facility.

Then the Head of State cutting the symbolic ribbon to loud applause, opened the Balkanabat International Airport. The passenger terminal designed to serve 100 passengers per hour, consists of three floors, its area is 5,203 square meters. The building has waiting rooms for passengers, ticket offices, a medical center, customs and migration registration offices, as well as an Internet cafe, a souvenir shop, a buffet and technical rooms. There are also security checkpoints, buildings for fire, rescue and airfield services, ground and aircraft maintenance, specialized transport, a covered parking lot, a cargo terminal, a hotel, a number of technical facilities and other facilities on the territory of the airport. There is an artificial runway, a taxiway, an apron for parking 6 airplanes and 4 helicopters, as well as a control tower. The height of the control tower is 44.05 meters, the total area is – 410.92 square meters, original design and engineering solutions are organically combined in its appearance. During the celebration our Head of State listened to speeches by heads of international organizations and foreign companies.

Under the wise leadership of our esteemed President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, as well as in accordance with the initiatives of the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Hero Arkadag, large-scale work continues in our country to modernize and develop the transport infrastructure. A lot of work is being done in the country to improve the material and technical base of civil aviation, equip it with new aircraft, train highly qualified personnel for the industry, build and modernize modern airports. As part of the work to strengthen the material and technical base of the country’s airports, the construction and reconstruction of existing airports in a short period of time in the cities of Turkmenbashi and Turkmenabat, in Ashgabat, as well as in the city of Kerki in Lebap Velayat highly equipped international airports serving passengers that fully comply with international standards were put into operation. And now, in the Balkan velayat, another modern Balkanabat International Airport was opened in a solemn atmosphere.

Thus, the opening of the Balkanabat International Air Harbor in the village of Jebel in the Balkan Velayat has become a very important event in the history of civil aviation in Turkmenistan. Balkanabat International Airport will provide high-level services for regional and interregional transit traffic, as well as for citizens and tourists coming to the “Mollagara” sanatorium for recreation and health improvement.