Turkmenistan Discusses TAPI Pipeline with Officials from UAE, Pakistan

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The Turkmenistan-UAE business forum was held in Turkmenistan on June 25.

According to the portal Chronicles of Turkmenistan, the country has signed a memorandum of understanding with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on cooperation in developing the third stage of the Galkinish field, a potential primary supply source through the TAPI gas pipeline. This gas pipeline is essential for the country from an economic point of view, both at the national level and for transit countries and consumers.

Turkmenistan’s president Serdar Berdimuhamedov, and his father, the former president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov — who is now the chairman of the country’s People’s Council — discussed with Pakistan’s minister for industries Rana Tanveer Hussain the construction of the TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) gas pipeline project, and the TAP (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan) route.

The discussions covered high-level visits between the two countries, trade and economic cooperation, transport communications, transit and trade collaboration, parliamentary cooperation, and people-to-people relations.