Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, March 12
By Huseyn Hasanov- Trend:
Turkmenistan and Pakistan plan to sign a package of bilateral documents, read a message from Turkmenistan's government.
The documents will be signed following the official visit of Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to Pakistan on March 16-17.
The documents are meant to further intensify and expand the Turkmen-Pakistani partnership, said the message.
The promising areas of cooperation between the two countries include energy sphere, transportation and other fields.
The two countries are involved in Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project.
The construction of the TAPI gas pipeline started in mid-December 2015. Its total length is 1,735 kilometers.
The main document for the TAPI, called the Ashgabat Interstate Agreement, was signed in 2010.