The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) on Tuesday said latest activities and implementation of the Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI) gas pipeline project were discussed among relevant nations during a video conference.
Abdul Qadir Mutafi, MoMP spokesman, said the video conference took place late on Monday evening and was focused on latest developments in the project, intergovernmental commitments, financial resources, and other issues. All sides talked about cooperation and coordination for the sake of the project implementation.
He said Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum Mohammad Haroon Chakhansori, Governor of Da Afghanistan Bank Ajmal Ahmadi, and Advisor to the President on Finance and Banking affairs, and the Minister of Natural Gas and Petroleum of India, Director of Turkmen Gas, Nadeem Babar, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, and Mohammad Murad Amanov, Director of TPCL attended in the conference.
According to him, cooperation and coordination were discussed for the purpose of project implementation.
According to Mutafi, the Government of Afghanistan renewed its commitment in areas of economic, technical and legal aspects of the TAPI project in accordance with the intergovernmental commitments of the countries involved in the project.
He added the countries concerned also renewed their commitment to speeding up work on the TAPI project and to continue the latest developments on Afghan soil and to implement