OREANDA-NEWS. Upon completion of a working trip to Dashoguz Velayat, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov considered the project of a new International airport in Ashgabat, which was improved given the Turkmen leader’s instructions and recommendations. As is known, The Olympic Village Project is being implemented by Turkish Polimeks, one of Turkmenistan’s long-term partners in the urban development sector.

It should be noted that the ceremony of laying foundation of this large infrastructural facility took place on January 30, 2013.

After considering thoroughly the project developed by Polimeks, the President provided some comments and recommendations to Turkish partners noting that the new airport should satisfy the modern requirements and meet the high international standards, firs of all in regard of the flight security and high quality of services offered to passengers.

The Turkmen leader instructed the high-ranking officials to envisage construction of an auxiliary highway to ensure unimpeded passage of passengers and drivers to the air harbor noting that the highway should satisfy the modern requirements.

Summing up the project, the Turkmen leader once again underlined the significance of the new International airport in Ashgabat in the context of further development of the national civil aviation, modernization of its infrastructure and implementation of the transit and transport potential of our country.