VOL. XLV

No 21

27-May-2002

GENERAL

Turkmen/Afghan/Pakistan Leaders ToDiscuss Gas Pipeline Project, But Prospects Are Dim

The leaders of Turkmenistan,Afghanistanand Pakistanare to discuss the possibility of constructing a natural gas pipeline thatwould run through the three countries during a trilateral summit on 28-29 Mayin Islamabad.But for all the benefits that such a pipeline could provide to the threeCentral Asian states, the project is unlikely to be given serious commercialconsideration...