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.