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Turkmenistan will provide loans to Afghanistan to fund TAPI, Waliullah Shahin, chairman of the Center for Strategic Studies of the Afghan Foreign Ministry said, Orient reports.

“We have agreed with Turkmenistan to provide loans to Afghanistan to repay the costs that Afghanistan demands, and Afghanistan will repay in the future with operating costs,” he said.

Shahin also said that 7 agreements with colleagues on the TAPI gas pipeline will be signed soon.

At the headquarters of the Turkmenistan Oil and Gas Complex, a reporting meeting was chaired by Vice Prime Minister for the Fuel and Energy Complex (FEC) Miratgeldi Meredova, “Trend.az” reports, citing information from the “Turkmengaz” state concern.

Deputy Prime Minister Meredova has set the tasks ahead of the oil and gas industry.