On November 3, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov chaired a meeting of the State Security Council, the TDH state news agency reported .
Defense Minister Begench Gundogdyev presented to the head of state proposals for the construction of modern ships and demonstrated projects of samples of new ships.
The President noted the importance of strengthening the material and technical base of law enforcement agencies and ordered the provision of modern technical means for military vessels patrolling the sea borders.
Where it is planned to build military ships is not specified. On October 15, the director of the Agency for Transport and Communications Mammetkhan Chakyev reported to the President on the construction of the first dry cargo ship in Turkmenistan. The enterprise "Hazar logistik" (a member of the SPPT), plans to build a dry cargo ship with a carrying capacity of 5300-8100 tons at the Balkan shipbuilding and repair plant.
During the report of the Chairman of the State Customs Service, Maksat Khudaykulyev, the head of state said that given the increase in international cargo transportation, "a more thorough inspection of products imported into the country should be ensured , and their full compliance with established quality standards." It was also instructed to modernize the material and technical base of customs terminals through the introduction of advanced technologies.
In mid-October, Kyrgyz customs officers detained an Uzbek man who was transporting an especially large consignment of synthetic drugs in fake apples. The cargo passed in transit through Iran, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. There was a Turkmen license plate on the trailer.
Secretary of the State Security Council Charymyrat Amanov reported on the construction of the Economic Department of Military and Law Enforcement Agencies in the village of Bagabat (Ak Bugday etrap of Akhal velayat). He presented schemes for the location of the structural divisions of the subsidiary farm, the territory of which is proposed to be divided into agricultural lands, where they will grow various crops, develop horticulture and viticulture.
The head of state noted that "the development of agriculture and horticulture, along with the improvement of the ecological well-being of the foothills, will contribute to the combination of military service with labor education of soldiers ."
“This is important both for combat training and for military personnel to master agricultural professions , in particular, such specialties as agronomist, livestock breeder,” Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said.
Military and law enforcement officials were involved in import substitution work several years ago. Complexes for breeding livestock and poultry have been built in the subsidiary farms of the law enforcement agencies. As the state information agency TDH reported in January 2019, "50 thousand chickens are kept in the Customs Service alone, which laid more than 11 million eggs last year." In the fall of 2016, a livestock complex of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was opened , where it was planned to raise camels, cattle and small cattle, rabbits, turkeys and chickens. In March of this year, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov inspected the work of the subsidiary farms of the military and law enforcement agencies located in the foothills of the Kopetdag.
Source: Chronicles of Turkmenistan