The Trend reports, “The Turkmen Foreign Affairs Ministry hosted in Ashgabat a meeting of the technical working groups on the Regional Infrastructure Confidence Building Measures (RI-CBM) within the Istanbul Process on Afghanistan, Trend reports with reference to the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, co-organizer of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe OSCE stands ready to employ its comprehensive security instruments to maintain a sustainable dialogue on the existing and planned infrastructure projects and to facilitate discussions in the areas pertinent to the RI-CBM, such as security of regional infrastructure and trade facilitation on new trade and transport routes,\u201d said Natalya Drozd, head of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The participants stressed the importance of the effective implementation of various large-scale and local economic projects in the region for fostering the socio-economic stability, security and further prosperity of the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Istanbul Process was established as a platform for regional dialogue and co-operation for encouraging security, political, and economic co-operation between Afghanistan and its neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The participating countries of the Istanbul Process include Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project includes a number of large-scale regional initiatives, including the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, the Asian International Railway Corridor and the Lapis Lazuli Trade and Transportation Corridor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Assistance in the organization of the regional technical groups meeting is provided as a component of an extra-budgetary project of the OSCE Center funded by the UK.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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