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Pakistan views a planned natural gas pipeline from Turkmenistan as a key way to address its energy concerns, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said.
Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has signed legislation to plant 3 million trees, with irrigation systems, in the Karakum Desert this year.
Natural gas from Turkmenistan can't be delivered to Ukraine because of contractual obligations to Russian energy company Gazprom, authorities said.
Ukraine is keen to deepen its cooperation with Turkmenistan as it relates to natural gas, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said.
Moving ahead with pipeline developments in Turkmenistan would provide long-term energy security for downstream consumers, the president said.
The government of Turkmenistan is able to meet the growing energy demands of its Central Asian neighbors with a transnational pipeline, the president said.
Natural gas needs from India are driving the momentum behind a multilateral natural gas pipeline from Turkmenistan, a U.S. diplomat said.
Pakistan said it called for a ministerial meeting next week to consider prospects for two international natural gas pipelines, including one from Iran.
Turkmenistan will present the economic prospects of a planned natural gas pipeline to India in a road show through October, the government said.
Constructing a widespread network of pipelines for natural resources in Turkmenistan is of great national interest, the country's president said.
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