Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Verso la pipeline trans-afghana

Sarà interessante seguire il futuro dell'accordo siglato ad Ashgabat
(capitale turkmena) da Turkmenistan, Pakistan e Afghanistan in merito
al progetto d'una pipeline trans-afghana (una delle ragioni della
guerra USA contro l'Afganistan, con la quale si è insediato
l'interinale presidente Karzai, ex-consulente della Unocal, società
californiana pioniera del progetto). Interessanti notizie in un art.
(scritto prima della formalizzazione dell'accordo, in data 28
dicembre: cfr. 
http://www.paknews.com/top.php?id=1&date1=2002-12-28
)
su "Eurasianet":
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/business/articles/eav121902.shtm
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TRANS-AFGHAN PIPELINE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD, FACES RISKS
Mark Berniker: 12/19/02
The leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkmenistan are expected to
meet in late December to hammer out an agreement on building a
trans-Afghan pipeline that would carry Central Asian energy to
southwest Asia, and possibly beyond. Experts caution, however, the
project faces numerous obstacles, including political risks and
potential financial pitfalls.
The three heads of state – Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai, Pakistan’s
Pervez Musharraf and Turkmenistan’s Suparmurat Niyazov – are scheduled
to gather December 26-27 in the Turkmen capital Ashgabat. According to
initial estimates, the 1,500-kilometer-long pipeline, stretching from
Turkmenistan to Pakistan, would cost upwards of $2 billion to build,
and would be capable of transporting about 30 billion cubic meters of
natural gas annually.
[...]
In coda all'art. si legge di uno "sganciamento" della Unocal:
This is not the first time that the three governments, multilateral
lending institutions and private companies have tried to develop a
trans-Afghan pipeline. In October 1997, California-based private
company Unocal established a consortium to develop the pipeline, but
by August 1998, the company suspended construction plans after failing
to secure financing for the project.
Although the trans-Afghan pipeline project is being revived, Unocal
will not be a participant in the venture this time around. "Unocal is
not interested in getting involved, again. The issue was that the lack
of a stable government in Afghanistan made it difficult to get
financing," says Terry Covington, manager of international
communications for Unocal.
Nonostante i dubbi espressi da Berniker - legati alla situazione di
anarchia in Afghanistan, ed alla tensione interna in Turkmenistan ("A
recent assassination attempt against Turkmenistan’s Niyazov suggested
that cracks in the country’s authoritarian system may be opening"),
nonché all'apparente freddezza dell'India -, secondo
http://www.dawn.com/2002/12/28/top5.htm
ci sarebbe già una disponibilità concreta:
The feasibility study for the link, carried out by the Asian
Development Bank, will be completed by July 2003, after which
international companies will have the chance to form a consortium to
develop the project, Mr Niyazov said. A Turkish company, Chalyk
Holding, has said it is ready to participate in the construction of
the pipeline, he added.
Shalom.
Namib

Sarà interessante seguire il futuro dell'accordo siglato ad Ashgabat
(capitale turkmena) da Turkmenistan, Pakistan e Afghanistan in merito
al progetto d'una pipeline trans-afghana (una delle ragioni della
guerra USA contro l'Afganistan, con la quale si è insediato
l'interinale presidente Karzai, ex-consulente della Unocal, società
californiana pioniera del progetto). Interessanti notizie in un art.
(scritto prima della formalizzazione dell'accordo, in data 28
dicembre: cfr. 
http://www.paknews.com/top.php?id=1&date1=2002-12-28
)
su "Eurasianet":
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/business/articles/eav121902.shtm
l
TRANS-AFGHAN PIPELINE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD, FACES RISKS
Mark Berniker: 12/19/02
The leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkmenistan are expected to
meet in late December to hammer out an agreement on building a
trans-Afghan pipeline that would carry Central Asian energy to
southwest Asia, and possibly beyond. Experts caution, however, the
project faces numerous obstacles, including political risks and
potential financial pitfalls.
The three heads of state - Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai, Pakistan's
Pervez Musharraf and Turkmenistan's Suparmurat Niyazov - are scheduled
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-Stefano