ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, July 25. Turkmenistan and Pakistan discussed the possibilities of further promoting the implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) transnational gas pipeline project, Trend reports.
According to the Turkmen Foreign Ministry, this topic was discussed during a meeting in Islamabad between the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Rashid Meredov, and the Minister of Energy (Petroleum Division) of Pakistan, Musadik Masood Malik.
During the meeting, the parties discussed priority issues of cooperation between the two countries in the fuel and energy sector, in particular the possibility of further promoting the implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) transnational gas pipeline project.
Furthermore, they noted that the implementation of this large-scale project is designed to promote sustainable socio-economic development in Asia.
At the end of the meeting, the parties expressed confidence in the further progressive development of bilateral cooperation in the context of solving specific issues related to the practical implementation of this energy project.
Meanwhile, Turkmenistan's Turkmengaz State Concern has completed the construction of a 214-kilometer section of the gas pipeline passing through Turkmen territory and has fully prepared it for operation.
It is expected that the TAPI gas pipeline will annually transport 33 billion cubic meters of natural gas along an 1800-kilometer route from Turkmen Galkynysh, the second largest gas field in the world, to the Indian city of Fazilka, located near the border of India with Pakistan.