It is necessary to start practical work on the implementation of the TAPI gas pipeline project, Shahabuddin Delawar, Acting Minister of Mining and Oil in the Afghan Taliban government, said.
Orient reports that Delaware said this at a meeting with the executive director of the TAPI gas pipeline project, Muhammetmyrat Amanov, and the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Kabul, Khoja Ovezov.
The construction of the TAPI gas pipeline (Turkmenistan - Afghanistan - Pakistan - India) with a length of 1,814 kilometers and a capacity of 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year started in December 2015 on the territory of Turkmenistan.
The gas pipeline will allow Ashgabat to diversify its gas exports, give Kabul the means to solve the most pressing social problems, and allow Islamabad and Delhi to cover the energy shortage, experts say. The Taliban also declared their interest in TAPI after coming to power.
“Through the implementation of this project, more jobs and investments will be created in Afghanistan. Since Afghanistan is in a good security situation, we should use this opportunity and start practical work on the TAPI project as soon as possible with the cooperation of both countries,” Delaware said, quoted by the press service of the Ministry of Mines and Oil of Afghanistan.
The minister also called the TAPI project one of the largest economic and social projects.
Turkmenistan "is striving to start practical work on the TAPI project as soon as possible," Amanov said in turn. He added that he would present a specific plan, taking into account the construction of gas distribution reserves in the Afghan province of Herat.
CentralasianLIGHT.org
November 30, 2022