土库曼斯坦和阿富汗计划开始关于天然气运输的TPI天然气管道项目的工作。 Turkmenistan and Afghanistan plan to commence work on the TAPI gas pipeline project for natural gas transport.

外交部长拉希德·梅雷多夫在与阿富汗副总理阿卜杜勒·加尼·巴拉达尔会晤时宣布,土库曼斯坦准备开始在阿富汗境内开展TPI天然气管道项目的工作。 Turkmenistan is set to commence work on the TAPI gas pipeline project within Afghanistan, as announced by Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov during a meeting with Afghan Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghani Baradar. 两国讨论了经济、过境、贸易和政治合作的各个方面。 Both nations discussed aspects of economic, transit, trade, and political cooperation. 土库曼加兹国家关注组织已完成在土库曼斯坦境内建造214公里的管道部分,预计土库曼加兹天然气管道每年将从土库曼斯坦的Galkynysh天然气田向印度-巴基斯坦边界附近的法齐尔卡输送330亿立方米天然气。 Turkmengaz State Concern has completed building a 214-km section of the pipeline within Turkmenistan, with the TAPI pipeline expected to transport 33 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually from Turkmenistan's Galkynysh gas field to Fazilka, India near the India-Pakistan border.