According to media reports, the Indian government has already presented a concept of the proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline that could later be expanded to the territory of Russia.
It is learnt that the central government wants the pipeline to begin from Kazakhstan border, more specifically from Shymkent (a southern city of Kazakhstan) and continue into Uzbekistan.
During a meeting of Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid with his Kazakhstan counterpart Yerlan Idrissov, the issue was reportedly discussed. They are expected to come back to this issue in the nearest time.
TAPI was initiated by Turkmenistan. Ashkhabad Interstate Agreement of the member-countries on beginning of practical implementation of TAPI project signed in 2010 is considered the fundamental document of the initiative.
TAPIÂ’s capacity could be up to 33 billion cubic meter of gas per year. The pipeline has to go from Gylkynysh (the biggest gas field in Turkmenistan) via AfghanistanÂ’s Herat and Kandahar to its final destination in Fazilka village at the border of India and Pakistan.
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