The foreign minister of Turkmenistan, Rashid Meredov, conducted recently a briefing for the diplomats and media. Among the subjects he covered was the launch of the work on the infrastructure projects in Afghanistan including the first section of TAPI.
According to the reports from a number of the Afghan media outlets, Meredov said that Turkmenistan has investee more than USD 1.5 billion in the joint projects with Afghanistan.
He reiterated the commitment of Turkmenistan to expand political, economic, commercial, transportation and transit relations with Afghanistan. Simultaneously, he urged India, Pakistan, the international banks and the Asian Development Bank to invest in the TAPI project.
The Afghan media says that the acting head of the Afghan embassy in Turkmenistan Fazl Mohammad Saber also said that the Islamic Emirate is determined to implement joint projects between the two countries.
“The opening of TAPI, TAP, fiber optics and railway lines, etc., is actually a sign of true friendship and brotherhood between the people of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, who have been living side by side in a good neighborly atmosphere for a long time,” said Saber.
“The people of Afghanistan welcome the successful implementation of these projects, and the Islamic Emirate is determined to implement them,” he added.
The spokesman of the Afghan government, Zabihullah Mujahid stated that currently, the economic relations between Afghanistan and bilateral cooperation between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan are expanding.