Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Afghanistan Mohammad Hassan Akhund announced the imminent resumption of the implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project.
According to the newspaper “Neutral Turkmenistan”, this is stated in the congratulatory telegram of the Afghan Prime Minister to the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov on the occasion of the holiday of the end of the Muslim fast – Ramadan Bayram.
It is noted that “Afghanistan attaches special importance to close relations with neighboring Turkmenistan.” “I would like to take this opportunity to note that work on the implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project is expected to resume soon,” the message of the head of the Government of Afghanistan to the President of Turkmenistan reads.
It should be noted that the construction of the TAPI gas pipeline, with a design capacity of 33 bcm of natural gas per year and a length of more than 1,800 km, started in 2015. To date, the state concern “Turkmengaz” has completed the construction of a 214-kilometer section of the gas pipeline passing through the Turkmen territory.
