TAPI project will improve bilateral relations: PM Nawaz
Pakistan supports peace and stability in the region, says PM Nawaz
ASHGABAT (Dunya News) – Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif Sunday met with the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. Addressing an international conference in Ashgabat to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Turkmenistan‘s Permanent Neutrality, PM Nawaz stated that the bilateral relations between the two countries will improve due to the TAPI project. Nawaz stated that Pakistan supports peace and stability in the region. He further added that Pakistan believes in resolving all differences through dialogue.
The PM had earlier left for a two day visit to Turkmenistan where he will be attending the inaugural ceremony of a gas pipeline connecting Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI).
PM Nawaz congratulated the President Berdimuhamedov on hosting the ground breaking ceremony. Speaking on the occasion, PM Nawaz stated that TAPI project will establish peace in the region while improving trade as well. President Berdimuhamedov thanked PM Nawaz for the visit.
PM Nawaz earlier arrived in Turkmenistan and was welcomed by the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkmenistan at the airport.
Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov, his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani and Indian PM Narendra Modi will attend the inauguration ceremony.
TAPI, as the proposed 1,735-kilometer (1,140-mile) pipeline is known, is intended to carry 33 billion cubic meters of gas annually through the Afghan cities of Herat and Kandahar and end up in the India-Pakistan border town of Fazilka.
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