BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 2. Tajik Minister of
Energy and Water Resources Daler Juma and Executive Director of
Afghanistan’s state power company Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat
(DABS) Al-Haj Mullah Abdul Haq Hamkar discussed the implementation
of the CASA-1000 regional electricity transmission project in
Dushanbe on October 1.
This was reported in a press release issued by the Ministry of
Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan.
"Tajik Minister of Energy and Water Resources Daler Juma held a
meeting with the Executive Director of Afghanistan’s state power
company Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat Abdul Haq Hamkor. During the
meeting, the sides discussed issues related to the progress of the
CASA-1000 regional electricity transmission project, including the
current state of construction works in Afghanistan," the statement
said.
The sides also exchanged views on issues expected to be
considered at the next meeting of the Intergovernmental Council of
the CASA-1000 regional electricity transmission project, scheduled
to be held in the first ten days of October in Kyrgyzstan.
It should be noted that under the CASA-1000 project,
construction works in the three participating countries —
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan — have been completed.
Construction works in Afghanistan are currently underway and,
according to the plan, are expected to be completed by spring
2027.
