Representatives of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India have met to signal the start of construction of the Afghan segment of an ambitious new gas export pipeline, writes Vladimir Afanasiev.
Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Abbasi and India Minister for External Affairs Shri Akbar attended a ceremony at the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan border post of Serkhetabat at the end of last week.