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Pakistan, India OK Iran Gas Pipe
WSN Network 

NEW DELHI: Pakistan and India have solved all the bilateral and commercial differences that prevented them from moving ahead in building a gas pipeline from Iran. Pakistani Foreign Minister Mahmoud Qureshi went on a working visit in New Delhi and had a meeting with the Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas in which total understanding was confirmed. That arrangement represents a significant step forward to begin the construction of the pipeline at a cost of 7.5 billion dollars.

The main difference between Islamabad and New Delhi was over the payment of so-called traffic quotas. India  was in disagreement with the amountfixed by Pakistan. Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi stated that his government does not have any objection to the demand of New Delhi for Iran to give the custody of the gas in the Indo-Pakistani border, and not in the Iranian-Pakistani border, just as Tehran had suggested before. Qureshi also assured that his country will adopt all the necessary security measures to protect the pipeline and the course of the gas.

2 July, 2008
 

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