Turkmenistan had built its part of the pipeline from the Galkynysh field to the border with Afghanistan. Turkmenistan Afghanistan Pakistan India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline was launched in 2015
Ashgabat
Turkmenistan has resumed the construction work of trans-Afghan gas pipeline, which was suspended until the stabilization of the situation in Afghanistan.
The Turkmenistan Afghanistan Pakistan India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline was launched in 2015. All participants in the largest project in the region, supported by international financial institutions, are interested in the early launch of the TAPI gas pipeline.
By this time, Turkmenistan had built its part of the pipeline from the Galkynysh field to the border with Afghanistan (214 km). Other countries have not started laying the gas pipeline yet.
Central Asian Light in its analytical report says that Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India should benefit from the project. It is these countries that the gas pipeline will connect and provide gas to the countries of South Asia. The design capacity of the pipeline is 33 billion cubic meters.
Work on the project was suspended until the stabilization of the situation in Afghanistan. Apparently, that moment has come. At least a delegation from Turkmenistan visited Pakistan to discuss the details of the construction of the TAPI gas pipeline.
Pakistani Oil Minister Musadiq Masood, during a meeting with representatives of Turkmenistan, spoke about the importance of the TAPI project for the transformation of the entire region, and also said that his country would appoint a high-ranking official to solve problems related to the construction of the gas pipeline. Then negotiations took place between the parties. Their result was the signing of a joint plan for the implementation of the Trans-Afghan gas pipeline project.
“TAPI is a very important project for the prosperity of this entire region, starting from Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, and ending with Kabul, Islamabad and India,” Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif responded to the signing of the document.
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Courtesy: Central Asian Light
