Sunday 15 September 2019

Kashmir tensions won’t affect TAPI gas project, Pak assures Turkmenistan

Some Pakistani experts raised doubts about the future of the the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India and other offshore gas pipeline projects following tensions between India and Pakistan
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Current Affairs: Pakistan has assured Turkmenistan that rising tensions with India will have no effect on TAPI gas pipeline project, a media report said on Sunday after doubts were raised over the future of the $10 billion trans-national project in the wake of fresh tension between New Delhi and Islamabad over Kashmir.
Some Pakistani experts raised doubts about the future of the the  (TAPI) and other offshore gas pipeline projects following tensions between India and Pakistan after India scrapped Jammu and Kashmir’s special status.
“However, Pakistan has assured Turkmenistan that rising tensions with India will have no effect on the mega project, a government official was quoted as saying by the Express Tribune. The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India(TAPI) pipeline project seeks to build connectivity in the South and Central Asian regions through gas pipelines and will help ease energy shortages in South Asia.
The TAPI will pass through war-torn Afghanistan and Pakistan to India to boost economic activity and to ensure peace and stability in the region. This project would also help connect two regions through road, rail and fiber cable network…

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