After hearing the report, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov instructed to pay special attention to the issues of diversification of supply routes of Turkmen natural gas abroad.
The main document for the TAPI, called the Ashgabat Interstate Agreement, was signed in 2010.
The groundbreaking ceremony for TAPI`s Turkmen section was held in mid-December of 2015.
The pipeline`s length can reach 1,814 kilometers, including 214 kilometers running through Turkmenistan, 774 kilometers - Afghanistan and 826 kilometers - Pakistan.
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