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Any deal will ".expand the field for multilateral cooperation". between the five states.

Iran. Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan have for more than two decades contested the ownership of several oil and gas fields in the Caspian Sea.

China’s ties to Islamabad have deepened in recent years as Beijing has pledged to fund $57 billion in infrastructure as part of its Belt and Road initiative.

Iran has imported natural gas from Turkmenistan since 1997 for distribution in the north of the country.

Each line will have the throughput capacity of 15.75 billion cubic meters of gas per year.

Tehran and Ashgabat could take major steps in order to enhance their relations which would benefit both of them.

As the leader of TAPI Pipeline company Limited. Turkmengas State Concern. which has a controlling stake. acts as the main financier and project manager.

The TAPI pipeline involves Turkmenistan. Afghanistan. Pakistan and India and was first proposed three decades ago.

TAPI is a planned 1.800-kilometer stretch of pipeline aimed at transferring natural gas from Turkmenistan to India.

Iran is the best route for transferring Turkmenistan gas to Pakistan.