Iran, India and Pakistan To Hold Gas Talks in January

Monday, December 7, 2009 at 1:02 pm

TEHRAN: Iran, India and Pakistan are likely to hold talks on Peace Pipeline project in January since India declared it is ready to resume trilateral talks on the venture, said Iranian Oil Minister’s special representative for Peace Pipeline Project Hojjatollah Ghanimifard.

He also referred to gas talks held between Iran and Pakistan with the presence of Pakistani Deputy Minister of Oil and Natural Resources Ershad Ahmad Kalim in Tehran and said representatives of Gazprom, Russia state-controlled gas producer, have taken part in talks.

Dialogues mainly focused on Peace Pipeline operation agreement and main points of gas transit to India, he said.

Iran is to pipe its natural gas to Pakistan to meet the country’s needs. The gas will be supplied from Iran’s South pars field.