- Turkmenistan deputy PM calls on PM Nawaz, invites him for gas pipeline project’s groundbreaking
Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan and Special Envoy of the President of Turkmenistan Baymurat Hojamuhamedov called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the Prime Minister’s House on Monday.
Hojamuhamedov informed the prime minister that ground breaking ceremony of TAPI gas pipeline project will be held in December this year and communicated the invitation of president of Turkmenistan to the prime minister to attend this ceremony. The prime minister thanked for the invitation and said that Pakistan strongly supports the project and its early completion.
Moreover, PM Sharif said that the realisation of the TAPI project would meet the energy requirements of the region and will benefit all. He discussed the regional connectivity initiative with the deputy prime minister and said that rail/road links between Gawadar and Central Asia would increase the economic activity in the region. The prime minister said that Pakistan would facilitate the Turkmenistan and Central Asian countries to develop rail/road links up to Gawadar.
State Agency for Management & Use for Hydrocarbon Resources Chairman Yagshygeldy Kakaev, Ambassador for Turkmenistan Aladjan Movlamov, Federal Minister for Petroleum Shahid Khaqan Abbassi, Advisor to PM on National Security Sartaz Aziz and Minister of State for Petroleum Jam Kamal attended the meeting.
