A spokesman of the Iranian Oil Ministry has said that New Delhi is in talks with Tehran to join the multi-billion-dollar pipeline which Iran is building to export natural gas to neighbouring Pakistan. “Since India has been motivated by Pakistan’s seriousness in building the [Iran-Pakistan] peace pipeline‚ New Delhi is negotiating to join the project‚“ spokesman of Iranian Oil Ministry Alireza Nikzad-Rahbar said, according to Meher News Agency on Wednesday. The Iranian official added that there has been considerable progress in the Iran-Pakistan (IP) pipeline‚ with Iranian contractors starting work on the Pakistani section of the pipeline‚ after finishing nearly 900 kilometres of the pipeline on Iranian soil. In March‚ Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily voiced his country’s willingness to join the pipeline project. The pipeline will enable the export of 21.5 million cubic meters of Iranian natural gas to Pakistan per day.
