DUSHANBE , February 16, Asia-Plus - Energy ministers from Tajikistan , Iran and Afghanistan are supposed to hold a tripartite meeting in Dushanbe .

According to information from the Tajik MFA, Iranian Energy Minister Said Parviz Fattah and Afghan Energy and Water Resources Muhammad Ismail Khan are arriving in Dushanbe on February 19. 

On February 20 they will attend the groundbreaking ceremony for Sangtuda-2 hydropower plant 

 On February 21, a tripartite meeting of energy ministers from Tajikistan , Afghanistan and Iran will be held in Dushanbe .  According to the source, the energy ministers from the three countries are supposed to discuss state and prospects of tripartite cooperation in the area of energy, including the construction of the power-transmission line from Tajikistan via Afghanistan to Iran .     

We will recall that under protocol signed in Dushanbe in January last year Iran will complete the construction of Sangtuda-2 station in Tajikistan .  On June 11, 2005 , Tajik Energy Minister, Jurabek Nurmahmadov and his Iranian counterpart, Habibullah Bitaraf, signed in Tehran a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Sungtuda-2 power plant.  The dam and power station will cost US$220 million in total, of which 180 million dollars will be financed by Iran under a 10-year loan with a five-percent interest rate.  In addition, US$40 million will be extended by Tajikistan .  Once the power station is built, all the revenue over the next 12.5 years will go to the investor.