Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Pakistan Atadjan Movlamov here on Tuesday said that his country possessed the world’s 2nd largest gas reserves and was ready to provide 3000 MW electricity to Pakistan.
The electricity would cost Pakistan almost half of its current energy price helping its industry to achieve better growth, he added while giving a presentation to the business community at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on potential areas of bilateral cooperation between Turkmenistan and Pakistan.
He identified 1840-km TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) gas pipeline, 1635 Km optic fibre line and power transmission line as potential areas of strong cooperation between Turkmenistan and Pakistan and added that materialization of these mega project would bring multiple benefits to the economy of Pakistan. He said that Turkmenistan would start construction of the TAPI gas pipeline this year up to the Herat Province of Afghanistan.
