To: Chas. who wrote (67430 ) 10/21/2010 9:43:03 AM From: TobagoJack Respond to <<... Although Chinese not well liked by most Africans ...>> china engages with Turkmenistan The Amu Darya Natural Gas company, an affiliate of China National Petroleum Corporation, has reported the discovery of an estimated 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas on the right bank of the River Amu Darya in eastern Turkmenistan. Gas from the deposit will flow to China via Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-China gas pipeline, Russia’s Gundogar website reports. Turkmenistan, in turn, has increased the capacity of its gas pipeline to China to 60 million cubic meters a day. “This station will allow a significant increase in gas supplies to the Turkmenistan-China transporting network,” the president of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimukhameddov, said at the inauguration of the new Bagtyyarlyk compressor station, Russia’s ITAR-TASS news agency reports. Turkmenistan’s head of state also said his country “is speeding up the preparation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project.” china embraces nato orphan China sent Sukhoi SU-27 fighter aircraft and pilots to conduct a week of joint air force exercises with Turkey’s air force; Beijing’s first such exercises with a NATO country. Until 2008, the Israel Air Force was a frequent guest in Turkey's sky and a regular participant in the country's largest annual exercise, codenamed Anatolian Eagle. “Turkey replaced the Israel Air Force with its Chinese counterpart,” Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reports. In the past these exercises were held openly, but last week they were held covertly, with only a brief report appearing in the Turkish media after the exercise.
