New Delhi : Indian Vice President Hamid Anasari will on Friday leave for a three-day visit to Turkmenistan where he will attend the much-delayed TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) gas pipeline ground-breaking ceremony.
He will also attend a conference in connection with the 20th anniversary of the permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan, Secretary, West, Navtej Sarna told media.
Though the visit is not strictly a bilateral one, attempts are on to hold bilateral talks soon after Ansari’a arrival in Turkmen capital Ashgabat on Friday evening but “nothing has been finalised yet”, he said.