India, Turkmenistan size TAPI gas pipeline's contribution to regional development

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, September 30. Foreign
Ministers of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and India Subrahmanyam
Jaishankars discussed the importance of the
Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline in the
context of regional development, Trend reports via Turkmenistan's Foreign
Ministry.
Information notes that the meeting was held against the backdrop
of growing cooperation between the countries on the margins of the
79th session of the UN General Assembly.
According to the information, the TAPI project was discussed in
the framework of energy cooperation and progress in the
implementation of major infrastructure projects. The ministers
exchanged views on the need to organize bilateral visits and the
implementation of new joint projects.
The sides also discussed trade-economic and
cultural-humanitarian cooperation. Special attention was paid to
the preparations for the next meeting of the Intergovernmental
Turkmen-Indian Commission, which is aimed at developing scientific
and technological cooperation.



The upcoming meeting of foreign ministers in the format “Central
Asia + India” was also touched upon.
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