AKIPRESS.COM - Pakistan and Turkmenistan have resolved to make earnest efforts for early implementation of the TAPI (Turkmenis­tan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) gas pipeline plan, terming it a game changer and a win-win situation for all stakeholders.

“We stressed the need for fast-tracking progress on trans- regional energy projects, including TAPI, to advance the goal of greater regional integration,” Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said while addressing a joint press stakeout along with the President of Turk­menis­tan, Gurbanguly Berdimuha­medov, here on Wednesday, reports DAWN.

The two leaders, who earlier held one-to-one and delegation-level talks, said that during the wide-ranging consultations on a whole range of bilateral relations, they had discussed measures to counter the challenges they faced and to exploit the opportunities available to them.

Mr Sharif said his country wanted to further enhance relations with Turkmenistan in all spheres. “We agreed on the need for regular high-level political exchanges between Pakistan and Turkmenistan,” he added.