Pakistan-Iran ‘peace pipeline’ deal sealed
June 14, 2010 Leave a comment
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TEHRAN: Iran and Pakistan on Sunday formally signed an export deal which commits Iran to supplying Pakistan with natural gas from 2014.
The contract is the latest step in completing a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline between Iran and Pakistan within the next four years.
“This is a happy day,” Iran’s Deputy Oil Minister Javad Ouji told reporters at the contract signing ceremony in Tehran.
“After decades of negotiations, we are witnessing today the execution of the agreement… to export more than 21 million cubic metres of natural gas daily from 2014 to Pakistan,” he added. Read more of this post