BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 11. The
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) member states approved a
five-year transport security implementation plan for international
freight transport at the 111th meeting of the CIS Economic Council,
hosted by Ashgabat.


This was reflected in a statement published by the CIS Executive
Committee on September 11, following a meeting chaired by Turkmen
Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Khojamyrat Geldimyradov
and attended by senior officials from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia,
Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Armenia, as
well as CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev.


“The members of the Economic Council approved the Action Plan
for Implementing the Strategy for Ensuring Transportation Security
in the Territories of the Member States of the Commonwealth of
Independent States in International Transportation for the period
2026-2030,” the statement says.


The document, presented by Russian Deputy Transport Minister
Yevgeny Filippov, sets out practical measures for implementing
agreed approaches to transport security regulation across the
Commonwealth during international transportation.


The meeting also covered broader issues of economic cooperation
within the CIS, while participants exchanged views on current
priorities of regional economic interaction.







Meanwhile, Turkmenistan assumed the CIS chairmanship on January
1, 2026, taking over from Tajikistan after the decision was
approved at the 2025 CIS summit. Under its chairmanship concept,
Ashgabat identified transport and economic cooperation among the
organization's key priorities, alongside peace and security,
digital transformation and environmental cooperation. Throughout
the year, Turkmenistan has used its chairmanship to advance this
agenda, including by hosting the CIS Council of Heads of Government
in May and preparing the October meetings of the CIS Council of
Foreign Ministers and Council of Heads of State in the Avaza
National Tourist Zone.


Against this background, the approval of the 2026-2030 Transport
Security Action Plan in Ashgabat aligns with one of the central
priorities of Turkmenistan's chairmanship.


The Commonwealth of Independent States was established in 1991
after the dissolution of the Soviet Union to promote regional
cooperation in political, economic, and humanitarian spheres. The
CIS Economic Council coordinates efforts to implement joint
economic policies, develop transport and energy networks, and
foster trade integration.