New Delhi: The Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline is suddenly moving fast. Iran has now changed its earlier stance and indicated it is willing to deliver gas to India at its doorstep.
New Delhi wants the gas to be delivered at the India Pakistan border and not at the Iran Pakistan border.
The Iranian Oil Minister, Gholam Hossein Nozari met Petroleum Minister Murli Deora in Madrid on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 19th World Petroleum Congress.
Nozari said he was optimistic about implementation of the IPI gas pipeline project “citing the positive progress made by India and Pakistan in settling outstanding bilateral issues”.
Deora reiterated that India was committed to “speedy implementation” of the IPI project. He added that remaining issues will be discussed at the forthcoming trilateral meeting in Tehran.
Besides, the Iranian minister also expressed his openness to ONGC's proposal to jointly develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Iran, along with a complete chain of an LNG re-gassified complex in India with Iranian participation.
India's national securtiy advisor M K Narayanan is currently in Iran to hold talks on the issue.
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