Turkmenistan focuses on ensuring reliability of sea borders
By Trend
Turkmenistan will continue to pay special attention to strengthening material and technical base of naval forces and to ensuring reliability and inviolability of sea borders, said the message from the country’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.
Berdimuhamedov made the remarks on the occasion of the Day of Naval Forces.
“Naval forces should further serve as a reliable guarantor of Turkmenistan’s peaceful policy and tranquility in the Caspian Sea,” said the president’s message.
He noted that guaranteeing Turkmenistan’s military security in accordance with its military doctrine is an important vector of the state policy.
“Our country will continue to take measures aimed at ensuring the environmental well-being and preserving the biodiversity of the Caspian Sea, rational use of its richest hydrocarbon resources, strengthening the status of the Caspian Sea as a sea of harmony, friendship, good relations and effective cooperation,” said the message.
Earlier, Hazar 2016 military-tactical exercises were held in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea in August, involving the personnel of Naval Forces, Air Forces and Air Defense Troops of Turkmenistan’s Armed Forces, military units of the State Border Service, the Ministry of National Security, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other branches of troops.
The total length of Turkmenistan’s sea border is around 600 kilometers.
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