ISLAMABAD – Iran’s deputy minister of petroleum Amir Hoseein Zamani-Nia hassaid that Iran welcomes continuation of talks with Pakistan on the gaspipeline project.
The Iranian minister said Iran considered energy and gas a factor forpromoting regional cooperation and solidarity with neighbours includingPakistan, Iran’s national news agency IRNA said Thursday.
Zamani-Nia said Iran welcomed keeping up negotiations on completion andcommissioning of Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline.
The Iran–Pakistan gas pipeline, also known as the Peace Pipeline, or IPGas, is an under-construction 2,775-kilometer (1,724 mi) pipeline todeliver natural gas from Iran to Pakistan.
The Iranian minister said Tehran-Islamabad ties had always been historicand brotherly and their religious and cultural bonds served as the biggestbackbone for the two governments’ friendly ties especially in the field ofeconomy. – APP