Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan signed a landmark agreement to construct a two-billion-dollar gas pipeline. The 1500-km pipeline, running through Afghanistan, connects Daulatabad gas field in Turkmenistan to Gwadar in Pakistan.
According to the agreement, international tender will be floated to invite companies to carry out the project and the three countries will later try to find out financier for the giant project. Musharraf, Chairman of the Afghan interim administration Hamid Karzai and Turkmenistan President Supermurat Niyazov inked the agreement.
The leaders agreed to introduce modification in the feasibility study carried out on the project. An LNG plant will be constructed at Gwadar for the conversion of gas and its export.
