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Tokayev Calls for Joining Ashgabat Agreement on Transport Corridor

President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, participated in the 10th meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council (SEEC) on Wednesday in Moscow, Russia, urging countries to join the Ashgabat Agreement on the creation of the International Transport Corridor, reports the Kazakh President's press service.

"For accessing the markets of the Persian Gulf, we propose to the member states of the Economic Union, Kazakhstan is already doing this, to join the Ashgabat Agreement on the creation of the International Transport Corridor," noted the Kazakh leader.

The meeting was attended by Armenian Prime Minister and SEEC Chair Nikol Pashinyan, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov, Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as heads of observer states: Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Cuban President Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, along with the CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev and the Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Bakytzhan Sagintayev.
According to the statement, the heads of states discussed the main tasks and key directions of further cooperation within the Eurasian Economic Union.

The Ashgabat Agreement is a multimodal transport agreement between the governments of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, India, Pakistan, and Oman for creating an international transport-transit corridor facilitating the transportation of goods between Central Asia and the Persian Gulf. The agreement entered into force in April 2016. Turkmenistan is the depositary state of the agreement.

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Feb 26 2026
The winners of the “AI Solutions” student hackathon have been announced in Turkmenistan

The Institute of Telecommunications and Informatics of Turkmenistan summarized the results of the national student hackathon "AI Solutions" and announced the winners. The competition took place on February 21 at the "Sanly Çözgüt - IT meýdança" business association, which operates under the Institute. Sixteen student teams participated—one from each university, according to "Turkmenistan: Golden Age." The first place was won by teams from the Institute of Engineering, Technical and Transport Communications of Turkmenistan, the Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan, and the Yagshygeldi Kakayev International University of Oil and Gas. The second place was won by teams from the International University for Humanities and Development, the Turkmen State Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering, and the Magtymguly Turkmen State University. Third place was awarded to teams from the Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management, the Turkmen Agricultural University named after S.A. Niyazov, the Dovletmammet Azadi Turkmen National Institute of World Languages, and the State Energy Institute of Turkmenistan. The winners received diplomas and commemorative gifts from the host university. Six teams from several other universities across the country received incentive prizes. Hackathon participants competed in developing IT products using artificial intelligence, specifically testing systems capable of generating questions based on user categories and evaluating results based on the answers received. The effectiveness and performance of the participants' innovative solutions were assessed by a panel of experts, including university professors of IT disciplines and invited experts in the field.