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Sun, 11/28/2010 - 17:03
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2nd phase of Iran-Turkmenistan gas pipeline inaugurated
Tehran, Nov 28, IRNA – The second Turkmenistan-Iran gas pipeline was inaugurated in the northeastern city of Sarakhs in Khorassan Razavi province Sunday morning by the Presidents of Iran and Turkmenistan.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow attended the inaugural ceremony of the project which is to transfer Turkmenistan's gas to northern and northeastern provinces of Iran.
The 1,024-kilometer project was completed in two phases.
The first 524-km-long phase was commissioned last year.
The second phase, which was inaugurated today, is 500 km long.
Sarakhs is located in the northeastern part of the country, neighboring Turkmenistan.
Supplying gas to 16 northern provinces of the country, creating a new corridor for swap and transiting gas to East European markets are among advantages of the 1.2- billion-dollar project./end
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow attended the inaugural ceremony of the project which is to transfer Turkmenistan's gas to northern and northeastern provinces of Iran.
The 1,024-kilometer project was completed in two phases.
The first 524-km-long phase was commissioned last year.
The second phase, which was inaugurated today, is 500 km long.
Sarakhs is located in the northeastern part of the country, neighboring Turkmenistan.
Supplying gas to 16 northern provinces of the country, creating a new corridor for swap and transiting gas to East European markets are among advantages of the 1.2- billion-dollar project./end
