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Turkmenistan welcomes prospect of construction of gas main Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India

Turkmenistan welcomes prospect of construction of gas main Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India. The session participants stated during the first session of the intergovernmental Turkmen-Afghani commission on trade and economic and technical cooperation in Ashkhabad, the agency reports referring to Turkmen state information agency.

Almaty. July 15. Kazakhstan Today - Turkmenistan welcomes prospect of construction of gas main Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India. The session participants stated during the first session of the intergovernmental Turkmen-Afghani commission on trade and economic and technical cooperation in Ashkhabad, the agency reports referring to Turkmen state information agency.

During the discussion of the main aspects of cooperation the Turkmen party expressed commitment to construction of transnational gas main Turkmenistan- Afghanistan -Pakistan-India, which will become a powerful stimulus of economy development of Afghanistan and its social infrastructure.

Within the limits of power cooperation Turkmenistan, having solid experience in both personnel and technical potential, is ready to take part in ixploration and development of oil-and-gas deposits of Afghanistan in frontier regions. Continuing to support a neighboring country, Turkmenistan delivers to a neighboring country electric power and liquefied gas at a reduced price.

As it was informed earlier, the arrangement on creation of this bilateral commission was reached a year ago during Ashkhabad meeting at high level. The representative delegation of Afghanistan headed by the Minister of Economics, Mohammad Jalil Shams, a co-chairman of the commission of Afghanistan, arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the session. The Minister of Economics and Development, Gurbanmyrat Gurbanmyradov, headed the Turkmen delegation.

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