17 January 2005 -- Turkmenistan said today that a feasibility study supports a proposal to build a natural-gas pipeline through Afghanistan and Pakistan to an Indian border town.
Turkmenistan's Foreign Ministry said the study commissioned by the Asian Development Bank envisages it would cost $3.3 billion to build the 1,000-kilometer pipeline to transport Turkmenistan's gas to India.
The ministry said participants in the proposed project will discuss the feasibility study at a meeting in Islamabad in early February.
Critics have cast doubt on the project because of instability in Afghanistan and ongoing tensions between Pakistan and India.
(AFP)
The ministry said participants in the proposed project will discuss the feasibility study at a meeting in Islamabad in early February.
Critics have cast doubt on the project because of instability in Afghanistan and ongoing tensions between Pakistan and India.
(AFP)