Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif meets Deputy Prime Minister of Turkmenistan

Islamabad, August 03, 2015 (PPI-OT): Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan and Special Envoy of the President of Turkmenistan Mr. Baymurat Hojamuhamedov, called on Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif at PM House here today.

Deputy Prime Minister of Turkmenistan 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.

The Prime Minister said that realizing the TAPI project would meet the energy requirements of the region and will benefit all countries of the region. The Prime Minister 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.

Chairman State Agency for Management and Use for Hydrocarbon Resources, Mr. Yagshygeldy Kakaev Ambassador for Turkmenistan, Mr. Aladjan Movlamov; Federal Minister for Petroleum, Mr. Shahid Khaqan Abbassi; Advisor to PM on National Security, Mr. Sartaz Aziz and Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Jam Kamal attended the meeting.

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