Amir Khan Motaghi; The Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a meeting with the Ambassador of Turkmenistan in Kabul and the head of Tapi Company, expressed hope that the work of the Tapi project will start soon in Afghanistan.
Kabul 24: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that Mr. Motaghi today, Tuesday, 23 Asad, with the Ambassador of Turkmenistan in Kabul and Mohammad Morad Amanov; The head of TAPI company has visited that country.
The statement added that in this meeting, they discussed the latest arrangements for the extension of the Tapi gas pipeline in Afghanistan, and Mr. Motaghi called the extension of the Tapi pipeline in Afghanistan one of the government’s priorities.
He added that the various institutions of this group in Afghanistan have completed the preliminary work related to this project and expressed hope that the work of this project will start in Afghanistan soon.
In this meeting, the head of the implementing company of the TAPI project said that Turkmenistan has extended the pipeline of this project to the border of Afghanistan in its territory and assured that the preparations for the development of the TAPI pipeline in the territory of Afghanistan are being completed. He added that the practical work of this project will start soon.
The TAPI pipeline project is considered one of the major projects in the region, which allows the countries of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India to transfer natural gas through it.
With the construction of this pipe, Turkmenistan’s gas will be exported to Pakistan and India through Afghanistan, and for this reason its name consists of the first letters of the names of these four countries in English (TAPI: Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India).
The contract for the implementation of this eight billion dollar project was signed by the heads of these four countries in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, on December 11, 2010.
This pipeline has the capacity to transport more than 30 billion cubic meters of gas annually and will be profitable for all four partners of this project, especially for Turkmenistan, which has been looking for a customer and a way to export gas for the past two decades.
