President Serdar Berdimuhamedov met Tuesday (20 Sep) with the State Minister of Petroleum of Pakistan Musadiq Masood Malik. During the meeting, the sides discussed priority issues of Turkmen-Pakistani cooperation, including in the field of trade and economy. In this regard, they mentioned the implementation of the project for the construction of the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) transnational […]
Turkmenistan pays great importance to TAPI project
Turkmenistan desires to speed up work on TAPI gas pipeline project, stated Ambassador of Turkmenistan Atadjan Movlamov Monday (22 Aug) during his visit to the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry. According to reports in Pakistani media, Movlamov said his country gives great importance to better relations with Pakistan. A logistics centre has been established […]
Afghanistan steps up TAPI implementation
Afghanistan has set a committee to start the practical work on the TAPI pipeline project, said TOLO news. According to the Afghan foreign ministry, the committee will be led by the first deputy prime minister, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. A delegation of the Islamic Emirate will soon visit Turkmenistan, said the ministry. The negotiations will […]
Taliban – No security threats for TAPI
The Taliban government in Afghanistan remains committed to the implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India transnational gas pipeline project. “Negotiations are underway on this [TAPI], we really want the work on the TAPI project to continue,” Jamal Nasir Garhwal, Charge d’affaires of Afghanistan in Russia, said in an interview with RIA Novosti. According to the diplomat, currently […]
Russian Ambassador shared stance on the current state of Turkmen-Russian relations
Elvira Kadyrova During a recent interview with the Russian news agency TASS, the ambassador Alexander Blokhin spoke about the current state and prospects of Turkmen-Russian cooperation in the context of the bilateral and multilateral agenda in a rapidly evolving international environment. Prospects of trade and economic partnership Replying the question about the potential impact of […]
TAPI gas pipeline project: Two govts agree to continue work despite decline in ADB interest
Mushtaq Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Turkmenistan have resolved to continue work on Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, despite declining interest of Asian Development Bank (ADB). This decision was taken at a meeting between Pakistani authorities and Turkmenistan delegation that visited Pakistan last month. On January 31, 2022, a bilateral meeting was held between representatives of […]
Turkmen delegation met with the Minister of Energy of Pakistan
Elvira Kadyrova The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hadjiev is in Pakistan on a working visit from 31 January to 4 February 2022. The purpose of the visit is to discuss the implementation of two flagship trans-regional projects – the TAPI gas pipeline and the TAP power […]
Turkmenistan finalizes routes for power transmission lines to Kabul, and Afghan-Pak border
nCa Report and Commentary Summary of the report Turkmenistan has started working on the Balkan-Dashoguz power transmission line. This will provide the missing segment to complete the national circular grid, enabling the routing of power from any generation facility to any point in the domestic and foreign consumer network. The 254mw Dashoguz power plant will […]
A representative delegation of Afghanistan arrived in Turkmenistan
On January 14, 2022, an Afghan delegation headed by the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, Amir Khan Muttaqi, arrived in Turkmenistan. On January 15, within the framework of the visit to Ashgabat, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with Acting Minister of […]
Foreign Minister of Pakistan visited Turkmenistan
Elvira Kadyrova On 25-26 August, 2021, a delegation of Pakistan headed by the country’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi visited Ashgabat. Meeting with the President of Turkmenistan On Thursday, 26 August 2021, the Foreign Minister of Pakistan was received by President Berdimuhamedov. Conveying the warm greetings of the top leadership of Pakistan to the head […]