Summary A delegation from Turkmenistan met officials of Inter-State Gas Company in Islamabad.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan on Thursday has received an invitation from Turkmenistan government to participate in ground breaking ceremony over Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (TAPI) in Ashgabat in coming December.
A delegation from Turkmenistan met officials of Inter-State Gas Company in Islamabad and invited them to attend the session over TAPI project.
Earlier, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (PM) said that Pakistan strongly supports the project and its early completion. He said rail and road links between Gwadar and Central Asia would increase the economic activity in the region.
PM said Pakistan would facilitate the Turkmenistan and Central Asian countries to develop rail and road links up to Gwadar.
The construction of a $10 billion gas pipeline stretching from Central to South Asia is set to begin in December, Pakistani officials said Monday after meeting with a delegation from Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India have long planned the ambitious project to meet growing energy needs in the three South Asian countries but administrative issues and unrest in Afghanistan have so far delayed its realisation.
