AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoTAPI Talks Move Forward: A senior Taliban delegation led by the mines and petroleum minister Hedayatullah Badri met Turkmen officials in Ashgabat to discuss TAPI implementation in Afghanistan, land acquisition, and gas export pricing—plus visits to Turkmengaz and Turkmenbashi port—keeping the long-delayed pipeline on the agenda. CIS Integration in Ashgabat: Belarus’s Aliaksandr Turchyn is in town for the CIS Council of Heads of Government meeting, with a program that includes a separate meeting with President Serdar Berdimuhamedov. Border Trade Gets a Boost: Turkmenistan says it has finished modernization of the “Artyk” and “Garabogaz” customs posts, moving clearance fully into digital procedures to speed transit. Water Pressure Underlines Everything: New reporting again flags Turkmenistan’s extreme freshwater withdrawal per capita, driven mainly by irrigation for cotton—an environmental strain that keeps shaping policy and regional risk. Urban Diplomacy in Baku: Turkmenistan’s CAREC and NGOs are active at WUF13, pushing inclusive-city and disability-focused discussions.
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