Pak-US Talks On Energy Today
Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 12:28 pm Under Business News 7 views
ISLAMABAD :Pak-US dialogue on energy is scheduled for Saturday here, it was learnt reliably. The US Under-Secretary on Energy is already in Islamabad on a short visit to have a crucial round of talks with Pakistani authorities on energy.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who also has additional charge of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources (MP&NR) will lead Pakistani side during the talks with the US Under Secretary, to be held at Foreign Office. Qureshi will be assisted by the senior officials of MP&NR and Ministry of Water and Power.
Sources said the two sides would discuss ways and means to cooperate on energy issue. They said the US was working on different proposals to help Pakistan overcome growing energy crisis.
Pak-US dialogues on energy have taken place a number of times during the last few months and it is working on different proposals for helping Islamabad meet its growing demand. It’s also study the option of supply electricity from Turkmenistan. Pakistan is facing acute shortage of power as well as gas. It’s desperately looking for some source from the other countries to plug the gap in energy demand and supply.
It is heavily depending on the US for getting some non-traditional source of energy production including civil nuclear energy. The US offer for transfer of nuclear energy technology to India has made Pakistan’s demand even harder. The offer of civil nuclear technology to India has created a feeling in Pakistan’s decision-makers that Islamabad would be at the worst disadvantage if its arch rival gets one source of energy from the US and it is left out for the same.
Pak-US dialogue on energy ahead of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani becomes even more significant. The two sides will like to finalise modalities for co-operation on energy to ensure signing of agreement during the prime minister’s visit to US.
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