Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov demanded to monitor the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline and to use reserves to increase production and processing of natural gas, the Turkmen government said.
The annual pumping capacity of the gas pipeline will be 33 billion cubic meters. The gas pipeline’s total length will be 1735 kilometers; some 200 kilometers of this will run through Turkmenistan, 735 kilometers – through Afghanistan, 800 kilometers – through Pakistan to the Fazilka settlement on the border with India, Trend reports with reference to the ‘Neutral Turkmenistan’ newspaper'.
