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'Iran-Pak-India pipeline is still on'
TNN, Aug 18, 2010, 02.46am IST
NEW DELHI: Government on Tuesday said the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline was not sidelined and India was making all efforts to implement it, keeping in mind the issues concerned.
Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for petroleum and natural gas Jitin Prasada said, "We are making all efforts. The project is not sidelined. Three nations are involved and many technical aspects are being discussed. Till we are not assured about issues like pricing of gas, delivery point of gas, project structure, payment of transportation tariff and transit fees for passage of natural gas through Pakistan, talks will continue."
He said efforts were on to get this pipeline to India. "India has proposed holding meetings of Indo-Iran Joint Working Group on oil and gas and Indo-Iran special joint working group on the project." At the same time, Prasada said the government was speaking to other nations also as demand for gas had gone up. "We are not relying on Iran alone and are talking to other nations also. We have an agreement for 25 years with Qatar," the minister added.
Asked whether the US frowned upon India's transactions with Iran at this juncture, Prasada said US officials had from time to time drawn the attention of the government to implications of sanctions by UN Security Council and also US domestic laws on projects like the IPI gas pipeline project.
'Iran-Pak-India pipeline is still on' - India Business - Business - The Times of India
