ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Chaudhry Nauriz Shakoor has said that Turkmenistan- Pakistan gas pipeline project will help boost regional cooperation and open up multidimensional human resource development activities.

Talking to the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Pakistan, Spar Berdiniyazov, who called on him here on Friday, Mr Shakoor said that both the countries were endowed with abundant natural resources and underlined the need to expand and promote cooperation in the oil and gas sector for mutual benefit.

Earlier, Ambassador of Turkey Kemal Gurr called on the minister and discussed matters relating to the Pakistan- Turkey cooperation in the oil and gas sector.—APP