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Pakistan has offered to Iran that it could buy the Indian share of gas from the proposed $7.5 billion pipeline project involving the three countries, a media report said in Islamabad on Thursday, claiming that New Delhi has apparently lost interest in the venture after signing the nuclear deal with the US.
A team of energy experts led by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Petroleum and Natural Resources, Asim Hussain, will travel to Iran on December 29 to discuss the proposal, the Dawn newspaper quoted sources in the Petroleum Ministry as saying.
The team is visiting Iran on the directives of President Asif Ali Zardari and it had thoroughly discussed the deal with him and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, the sources said.
During its two-day visit, the delegation will try to persuade Iranian authorities to sign an agreement to transfer the Indian share of gas to Pakistan in the next few months.
"We will try our best to convince the Iranian side of the need for starting work on the project as early as possible," an official said.
The paper claimed that New Delhi appears to have lost interest in the India-Pakistan-Iran (IPI) gas pipeline project after signing the civil nuclear deal with the US.
The sources were quoted as saying that Iran still wanted India to be part of the project to "counter growing US influence on its old ally in the energy sector".
A team of energy experts led by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Petroleum and Natural Resources, Asim Hussain, will travel to Iran on December 29 to discuss the proposal, the Dawn newspaper quoted sources in the Petroleum Ministry as saying.
The team is visiting Iran on the directives of President Asif Ali Zardari and it had thoroughly discussed the deal with him and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, the sources said.
During its two-day visit, the delegation will try to persuade Iranian authorities to sign an agreement to transfer the Indian share of gas to Pakistan in the next few months.
"We will try our best to convince the Iranian side of the need for starting work on the project as early as possible," an official said.
The paper claimed that New Delhi appears to have lost interest in the India-Pakistan-Iran (IPI) gas pipeline project after signing the civil nuclear deal with the US.
The sources were quoted as saying that Iran still wanted India to be part of the project to "counter growing US influence on its old ally in the energy sector".
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