‘ TAPI gas pipeline project is a ‘key pillar’ of our economic engagement’
AMN /
India’s Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari today reiterated India’s firm commitement to work together with global partners to address the challenges of cross-border terrorism, fundamentalism and extremism for regional and global peace and sustainable development.
Speaking at the International Conference on the Policy of Neutrality: ‘International Cooperation for peace, security and development at Turkmen capital city Ashgabat, Mr. Ansari said that the basic values that underlie the policy of neutrality are of peace, non-violence and peaceful resolution of disputes.
He also said that one of the cardinal principles of NAM was independence from great powers or block politics and rivalries and that did not imply a passive role for the Movement in international politics.
The Vice-President also mentioned of TAPI Project as a key pillar of economic engagement among the four countries- Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India.
After reiterating India’s stand to work together with global partners to address the challenges of cross-border terrorism and extremism in the presence of Heads of States and Heads of Governments and high ranking delegates from 80 countries participating in the International Conference on the Policy of Neutrality, Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari said that the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, which is going to flag-off, is a ‘key pillar’ of our economic engagement and is in consonance with the particular emphasis that Turkmenistan puts on the economic aspect of neutrality.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif also said that TAPI project and Central Asia South Asia Electricity Trade and Transmission Project(CASA-1000) will open a new chapter in the regional economic landscape. Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani also expressed his country’s resolve for early implementation of the project.