IEA Deputy Foreign Minister Alhaj Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai met today with Mr. Wafa Khadzhiev, Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan.

Mr. Khadzhiev expressed satisfaction with the overall security situation in Afghanistan, saying Turkmenistan would start work on TAPI project in September, stressing the importance of joint Afghan-Turkmenistan work in this area.

Mr. Stanekzai thanked Turkmenistan for its humanitarian aid to the Afghan people and said the transit route between Turkmenistan , Afghanistan, and Pakistan was important for connecting Central Asia with South Asia, assuring cooperation thereof.

The two sides also discussed tax exemptions, dynamics of land acquisition for the projects, tariffs & trilateral transit corridor agreement between Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.