Tashkent Backs Turkmen-Chinese Gas Pipeline Project

ASHGABAT. July 27 (Interfax) – Tashkent backs the construction of a Turkmen-Chinese gas pipeline which will go through the Uzbek territory, Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov said at a meeting with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow in Ashgabat.

“Work to lay the pipeline has gone at full drive in Uzbekistan,” Norov said.

Turkmen-Uzbek talks at a governmental level were also held in the extended format.

The parties outlined specific steps to extend interaction in the energy, transport and engineering areas, water resources management, and border security. The preparation of a package of bilateral agreements, expected to be signed within the framework of Karimov’s upcoming visit to Ashgabat, was fine tuned as well.

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