Pakistan

Work on TAPI to start by December

PM Nawaz Sharif accepts the invitation to visit Turkmenistan

APP August 04, 2015

PM Nawaz Sharif accepts the invitation to visit Turkmenistan. PHOTO: INP

ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited ground breaking ceremony of the of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project would be held in December this year, Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas and Special Envoy of the President of Turkmenistan, Baymurat Hojamuhamedov said on Monday.

In a meeting with Nawaz Sharif at the PM House, the deputy premier of Turkmenistan also extended the prime minister an invitation to visit Turkmenistan to attend the president’s ceremony.

Accepting the invitation, the prime minister reiterated that Pakistan strongly supported the project and its early completion. He said TAPI would meet energy requirement of the region besides benefiting countries in the region.

He discussed the regional connectivity initiative with Hojamuhamedov and said that rail and road links between Gwadar and Central Asia would increase the economic activity in the region adding that Pakistan would facilitate Turkmenistan and Central Asian countries to develop rail and road links up to Gwadar.

Chairman State Agency for Management and Use for Hydrocarbon Resources, Yagshygeldy Kakaev Ambassador for Turkmenistan AladjanMovlamov, Federal Minister for Petroleum Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Advisor to PM on National Security Sartaj Aziz and Minister of State for Petroleum Jam Kamal attended the meeting.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 4^th, 2015.

COMMENTS (4)

Pankaj | 9 years ago | Reply I think India should pull out of this project due to feasibility, reliability and safety of this pipeline. Pipeline going through Afghanistan and Pakistan, two of the most troubled countries in world. Instead of waiting for conditions to normalized we should speed up the process of nuclear power station like Kudanakulam which state of the art in term of safety. Nuclear energy is clean energy, has long life and once plant is build cost is low.

Virkaul | 9 years ago | Reply Pakistan govt is confused and trying hurriedly to execute whatever project it sees without realising it involves feasibility, political consensus within the country and outside, money, executing capability, etc. It tried the floating LNG terminal but does not have to buy further shiploads.

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Shuaib | 9 years ago | Reply Pakistan must start as soon as possible. This is a great policy.

Jaffer Sheriff | 9 years ago | Reply There is no money to complete Iran-Pak pipeline. Where from this money is coming for TAPI pipeline. At this rate it will take thirty years to complete TAPI pipeline that too with the same equilibrium exist with Saudi Arabia, US, China, Afghanistan, Iran and India.

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