The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov says Ashgabat has invested more than $1.5 billion in joint projects with Afghanistan.
At a meeting to provide information about the joint infrastructure projects of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, Meredov said that Turkmenistan intends to expand political, economic, commercial, transportation and transit relations with Afghanistan.
Meredov has also invited India, Pakistan, international banks and the Asian Development Bank to invest in the TAPI project.
“The government of Turkmenistan has invested more than 1.5 billion dollars in various projects with Afghanistan. Turkmenistan is determined to develop and expand political, economic, commercial, transportation and transit relations with Afghanistan as much as possible,” he said.
Meanwhile, acting head of the Afghan embassy in Turkmenistan Fazl Mohammad Saber also said that the Islamic Emirate is determined to implement joint projects between the two countries.
“The opening of TAPI, TAP, fiber optics and railway lines, etc., is actually a sign of true friendship and brotherhood between the people of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, who have been living side by side in a good neighborly atmosphere for a long time,” said Saber.
“The people of Afghanistan welcome the successful implementation of these projects, and the Islamic Emirate is determined to implement them,” he added.
IEA’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid stated that currently, the economic relations between Afghanistan and bilateral cooperation between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan are expanding.
In this meeting, the ambassadors of China, India, the head of the Asian Development Bank branch and the head of the UN representative also spoke and welcomed and praised the implementation of the mentioned projects.