Uzbekistan’s Uzbekneftegaz national holding company is studying the prospects and possibilities for joining the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, chairman of the company’s board Alisher Sultanov said during the meeting of the International Press Club in Tashkent city.

The supplies of the Turkmen gas via the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline may start in 2020, said Muhammetmyrat Amanov, CEO of the TAPI Pipeline Company Limited.

Construction of the Turkmen section (214 kilometers) of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline is being carried out according to the schedule, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reported.

Big projects as the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline and the Atamyrat-Akina railway are examples of close cooperation between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, said Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in a congratulatory letter to Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

Turkmenistan is interested in discussing the issues related to the participation of Qatar’s big financial and investment structures in the implementation of transnational Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, said Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

Survey work has been launched in Pakistan as part of implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline’s construction, the online newspaper of Turkmenistan’s Oil and Gas Complex reported March 4.

Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif during his visit to Pakistan, the Turkmen government said in a message March 2.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani exchanged views on further development of bilateral relations during a phone conversation, the Turkmen government said in a message.

The TAPI Pipeline Company Limited, created to construct the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline, continues active negotiations with all the parties wishing to join the project.

Construction of the Turkmen section of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline is conducted at an accelerated pace, the Turkmen government said in a message on October 22.