ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, February 2. Saudi
Arabia’s Delta International has expressed interest in investing in
the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline
project, said Afghanistan’s Deputy Prime Minister for Economic
Affairs, Abdul Ghani Baradar,
Trend reports via the Prime Minister’s X account.
He made the announcement during a meeting with Turkmenistan’s
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid
Meredov in Herat, Afghanistan. The meeting was also attended by
Afghanistan’s Ministers of Mines and Petroleum Hedayatullah Badri,
Water and Energy Mohammad Younus Akhundzada, as well as
Turkmenistan’s Minister of Transport and Railways and the head of
the Turkmengaz State Concern.
Baradar said Delta International is interested in investing in
gas purchases under the TAPI project, expanding the capacity of
Turkmenistan’s major gas block, constructing and extending the
pipeline from Herat’s Guzara District to Kandahar’s Spin Boldak
District, continuing to the Indian border, and establishing a large
modern gas hub at Gwadar Port in Pakistan.
Meredov welcomed foreign investment in the project and stressed
that close cooperation should be maintained to advance these
initiatives.
Delta International, founded in 1978 and headquartered in
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is a diversified private group operating in
oil & gas, property development, retail, and leisure. It focuses on
exploration, production, and appraisal in the Caspian region, the
Middle East, and North Africa.
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