On September 6, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov and the General Secretary of the International Automobile Transport Union (IRU) Umberto de Pretto. According to the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the parties noted the positive experience of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the IRU, as well as their future actions to improve the interaction between the countries through the development of multimodal transport corridors and international logistics centers, including the digitization of the transport system. they identified. Cooperation within the UN was discussed at the meeting, and the work of the Friends of Sustainable Transport group, created at the initiative of Turkmenistan, was discussed. Umberto de Pretto noted that Turkmenistan is committed to improving transport infrastructure at the regional level and contributes to improving its efficiency by joining international documents. The parties also discussed issues of expanding the capabilities of experts and developing the contractual and legal basis of cooperation. The issue of preparing for the international meeting to be held in November in Ashgabat on the occasion of the World Sustainable Transport Day was also discussed. During the meeting, ways of implementing Turkmenistan's initiatives in the sustainable transport sector, which were reflected in Turkmenistan's priority views at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, were also considered, the report states.