The project of TAPI and the development of Lazord Road is the focus of consultations between the foreign ministers of the Taliban and Turkmenistan
During a meeting in Ashgabat, the foreign minister of the Taliban government and the foreign minister of Turkmenistan exchanged views on the practical start of the TAPI gas transmission project and the development of the Lazorde Road. |
According to the regional office of Tasnim News Agency, “Amir Khan During his trip to Turkmenistan, Motaghi, the foreign minister of the Taliban government, met with the foreign minister of that country, Rashid Muradov, and announced Kabul’s readiness to start the practical work of the TAPI project in Afghanistan.
In this meeting, Muradov presented details about the preparations for the start of practical work on the Tapi gas pipeline project in Afghanistan.
Motaghi also in this The meeting expressed the hope that the two sides would be able to start the TAPI project in the near future in Afghanistan. considered a large project of strategic importance for Turkmenistan.
Muradov also stated that Turkmenistan has advanced the TAPI project sufficiently in its country and expressed hope that the teams The two sides can jointly start the work of this project in the territory of Afghanistan. They also discussed Turkmenistan to Afghanistan and the development of the Lazord Road, and it was decided that a meeting of representatives of the five countries including the Lazord Road will be held in the capital of Turkmenistan in the near future.
The Lazord Road is a route. It is an international transit that was opened in 2018 and connects Afghanistan to Turkey via Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Turkmenistan gas transmission project from Afghanistan to Pakistan and India known as “TAPI” is one of the largest gas transmission projects in the region. Through this project, 33 billion cubic meters of gas are transferred from Turkmenistan to three other countries every year. to be completed in 2019. Afghanistan also started the work of this project in Herat province in 2016 and could not finish it according to the previous promises. Turkmenistan to Pakistan from Afghanistan along with the TAPI gas transfer project was also one of the issues raised in the meetings of the Taliban delegation in Ashgabat.
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