Turkmenistan ready for fourth stage of Chinese pipeline construction

Turkmenistan is ready to begin the fourth stage of the construction of the Turkmen-Chinese pipeline, local media cite President Gurbangyly Berdymukhamedov as saying after a meeting with his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rakhmon.

The new branch of the pipeline is going to connect Turkmenistan and China via the territories of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijani news agency Trend reports.