ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will leave today for Turkmenistan and Afghanistan on a two-day visit to participate in the groundbreaking (link-up) ceremonies of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, lines of electricity transmission, and fibre optics. During his official visit, he would be accompanied by Minister of State for Energy Jam Kamal Khan, PM Office’s said in a press statement on Wednesday. The groundbreaking ceremonies of the project will be jointly attended by PM Abbasi, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Malikgulyevich Berdimuhamedov, President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani and Indian Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar. He will then proceed to Herat, Afghanistan, on the same day to attend the Afghan leg of the groundbreaking ceremony. The prime minister will also hold a bilateral meeting with the Afghan president after the ceremony.

Source: Pakistan Today February 22, 2018 05:37 UTC