India, Pakistan Discuss Pipeline Projects

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LAHORE, Pakistan - India's oil minister began a visit to Pakistan on Saturday to discuss importing natural gas from Iran and Turkmenistan via this Islamic nation.

Mani Shankar Aiyar, India's petroleum and natural gas minister, was scheduled to meet with his Pakistani counterpart, Amanullah Khan Jadoon, and other officials during his four-day visit.

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Iran proposed the 2,775-kilometer (1,735-mile) Iran-Pakistan pipeline in 1996 to export its gas to Pakistan and to India, but the project has never gotten off the ground because of Indian concerns about its safety in rival Pakistan.

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Meanwhile, the 1,680-kilometer (1,044-mile) Turkmen-Afghan-Pakistan project was delayed when Afghanistan's hardline Taliban came into power in 1990s. It was revived in late 2001 when U.S forces ousted the Taliban.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050604/ap_on_bi_ge/pakistan_india_energy_cooperation

[Missy M]

1. Wow! India and Pakistan working together...

that is good news. I notice Condi Rice had to get her two cents in regarding getting the gas from Iran. It looks like she was told in a round about way to MYOB.

[Colorado Blue]

2. India, Pakistan AND Iran AND Turkmenistan. I think it's good

too.

And dear Condi - you know she had a tanker named after her, when she worked for Chevron?

It is to laugh!