The Afghan side put forward an initiative to establish a joint mechanism for regular interaction between the relevant agencies of the two countries to advance the construction of the TurkmenistanAfghanistanPakistanIndia (TAPI) gas pipeline.
This was stated by Abdul Ghani Baradar, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Afghanistan for Economic Affairs, during bilateral talks with Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty.
The Vice Premier of Afghanistan also expressed a strong interest in studying Turkmenistan’s experience and training Afghan specialists for the gas industry at educational institutions and enterprises in Turkmenistan.