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From: Ina Iankulova (iiankulova@sorosny.org)
Date: Thu Apr 10 2003 - 11:32:26 EDT
TAP PROJECT MEMBERS INVITE INDIA TO JOIN
Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan on 9 April signed a joint letter to formally invite India to participate in the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project (TAP Project), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced. The three countries invited India to participate in the TAP Project, "both as an investor and as a major purchaser of gas," the report added. The invitation letter asks New Delhi to invite the ADB to "make a presentation on the project and related issues." The next meeting of the TAP steering committee is scheduled to be held in Ashgabat in May and will review the Host Country Agreement drafted by the ADB. There has been no indication that New Delhi is interested in participating in the proposed pipeline project. Without Indian markets the plan to build the pipeline will not be economically feasible, and the security situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan could also hamper the project (see "RFE/RL Afghanistan Report," 27 February 2003). AT
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