The Greenfield Refinery project, worth USD 10 billion, is about to take-off. It is a joint Saudi-Pakistan project at the Gawadar deep sea port. The partners are the Saudi Aramco, and the Pakistan’s Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), Pakistan State Oil (PSO) and Government Holdings Private Limited (GHPL). The […]
Mature Logic and Omni-directional Corridor in Greater Central Asia
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 27 December 2017 (nCa) — The mature logic has kicked in and a super-corridor is taking shape in the Greater Central Asia region. Even though 2017 was a rather gloomy page on the calendar, its tail end promises a good start for 2018. ‘Turkmenistan – Heart of Great Silk Road’ is how […]
Turkmenistan-Pakistan relations: The larger context – Part 1
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 17 March 2016 (nCa) — President Berdymuhamedov of Turkmenistan, accompanied by a powerful delegation, visited Pakistan, 16-17 March 2016. He had separate talks with the president, the prime minister and the speaker of the parliament of Pakistan. TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project) was at the top of the agenda in all of […]
Туркмено-Пакистанские отношения: В более широком контексте – Часть 1
Тарик Саиди Ашхабад, 17 марта 2016 (nCa) — Президент Бердымухамедов в сопровождении представительной делегации посетил Пакистан в период с 16 по 17 марта 2016 г. Он провел отдельные переговоры с Президентом, премьер-министром и спикером Парламента Пакистана. Центральное место в повестке дня всех встреч занял проект газопровода ТАПИ (Туркменистан – Афганистан – Пакистан – Индия). Относительно […]