Updated at: 1951 PST, Friday, October 22, 2010
TURKMENBASHI: Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom could take part in a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Pakistan and India via Afghanistan, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said on Friday.
"The issue of Gazprom's participation in the TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) gas pipeline was discussed during this visit," Sechin told reporters during Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Turkmenistan.
"Gazprom may participate in this project in any capacity -- builder, designer, participant, etc," Sechin said. |