Taliban and Turkmenistan agreed to resume work on TAPI gas pipeline
On Friday, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan discussed the launch of two major energy and electricity projects.
On Friday, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan discussed the launch of two major energy and electricity projects.
Turkmen Foreign Minister Meredov touts strong bilateral ties during meeting with Pakistani President Arif Alvi in Islamabad.
The upcoming meetings confirm India’s key long-term strategic interests in Central Asia, which were formulated in India’s 2012 political document “Connect Central Asia”. Despite the fact that the document was adopted almost ten years ago, in recent years, India’s efforts to engage in the region have gained particular relevance due to the growing energy consumption and geopolitical interests of New Delhi in the region.
On 25th November, the Russian news portal TASS reported with reference to Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Omar Ayub Khan about the freezing of the TAPI gas pipeline until the situation in Afghanistan stabilized.
On August 29, 2021, during a telephone conversation with President of the European Council Charles Michel, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, confirming the serious focus of Turkmenistan on further expanding cooperation with the European Union, noted that today we are faced with urgent tasks of building up partnerships, the topics of which touch the issues of maintaining peace and security in the region of Central Asia and adjacent zones.
This article is devoted to the study of some scientific debates about whether Afghanistan belongs to an integral part of Central or South Asia. Despite the different approaches, the aim of the article is to determine Afghanistan’s role as a bridge that connects Central and South Asian regions.