DUSHANBE, February 21, Asia-Plus – Today, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Iran signed a tripartite agreement on the construction of power-transmission line from Tajikistan via Afghanistan to Iran and Pakistan as well as other countries, Tajik Energy Minister, Jurabek Nurmahmadov, told journalists following the document-signing ceremony.
According to him, the main with voltage of 500 kilovolt will transmit electric power from Roghun, Sangtuda-1 and Sangtuda-2 power plants (once the power stations are built) to Kunduz (Afghanistan), from there to Heart (Afghanistan) and from there to Mashhad (Iran). In near future, the sides will set up a working group “that will deal with planning and working out these works.” He added that the working group would provide information on the work done to the governments of
Tajikistan
,
Afghanistan
and
Iran
.
Besides,
Tajikistan
and
Afghanistan
signed an agreement on the construction of the power-transmission line from
Tajikistan
to
Afghanistan
, according to Nurmahmadov. The Tajik minister noted that once the hydropower plants Roghun, Sangtuda-1 and Sangtuda-2 were built,
Tajikistan
would annually supply 300 megawatt/hour of electricity to
Afghanistan
and 1,000 megawatt/hour of electric power to
Pakistan
.
Jurabek Nurmahmadov also noted that the same agreement would also been signed with
Iran
, and
Tajikistan
would annually supply more than 1000 megawatt/hour of electricity to
Iran
.
We will recall that President Rahmonov telling the groundbreaking ceremony for Sangtuda-2 station yesterday said that it would be completed in about 3 ? years, and is expected to generate a billion kilowatt/hours a year.
