Relationship dossier
India
Turkmenistan
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation spans training and energy, with the proposed TAPI pipeline still unrealized.
India toward Turkmenistan
+35India has provided technical training and scholarships to Turkmen citizens through its cooperation programs and has pursued bilateral agreements covering areas including trade, science and technology.
Turkmenistan toward India
+35Turkmenistan joined the agreements underpinning the TAPI pipeline, which is intended to carry Turkmen gas through Afghanistan and Pakistan to India.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship combines practical bilateral cooperation, including training and agreements, with a prominent shared energy project. TAPI offers a potential long-term connection, but the pipeline has not delivered gas to India, limiting the depth of realized cooperation.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
India and Turkmenistan have pursued practical cooperation through bilateral agreements, technical training and the proposed Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) gas pipeline. India has offered training and scholarships to Turkmen citizens, while Turkmenistan has participated in arrangements intended to bring its gas to India. The pipeline remains a major but unrealized element of the relationship.
Key developments
India and Turkmenistan signed agreements on cooperation in areas including trade, science and technology during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Ashgabat.
Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India signed agreements for the TAPI gas pipeline project.
Major uncertainties
- The extent and implementation of bilateral agreements beyond the principal cooperation areas are unclear.
- The timing and practical prospects for TAPI gas deliveries to India remain uncertain.