BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 7
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
Turkmenistan and Afghanistan have discussed the implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline construction, Trend reports with reference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.
The discussions took place during the consultations of the Turkmen and Afghan delegations under the leadership of Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Mohammad Hanif Atmar.
The sides discussed issues related to the completion of the construction of the Turkmen TAPI segment and the launch of the construction of a gas pipeline from the Turkmen-Afghan border to the city of Herat in 2H2021.
Also, the implementation of the high–voltage power transmission line on the route Turkmenistan–Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) was touched upon. The parties discussed further opportunities to increase the supply of electricity from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan.
The Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India Pipeline (TAPI), also known as Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline, is a natural gas pipeline being developed by the Galkynysh – TAPI Pipeline Company Limited with participation of the Asian Development Bank.
The pipeline will transport natural gas from the Galkynysh Gas Field in Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India. Construction on the project started in Turkmenistan on 13 December 2015.
The length of the Turkmen section of the TAPI pipeline, the construction of which was launched in December 2015, will be 205 kilometers (the main operations are carried out on the 120th kilometer).
The pipeline will pass through the Afghan cities of Herat and Kandahar (816 kilometers), through the cities of Quetta and Multan across Pakistani territory (819 kilometers), and reach the city of Fazilka in India.
The pipeline’s design capacity is planned to be 33 billion cubic meters of gas per year, and the project’s cost - about $8 billion.
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