India Will Persist with IPI Talks: Iran
ISLAMABAD: Despite India-Pakistan ties entering a phase of chill, Iran has hoped that New Delhi would keep its future energy needs in mind and persist with negotiations on the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project.
Maintaining that the US was instrumental in the tepid progress of the IPI project, visiting Iranian Deputy Foreign Mohammad Mehdi Akhoundzadeh told journalists: “Sporadic terrorist incidents, wherever they are, should not deter the will and the determination of collective vision and wisdom of the Asian leaders to continue their march of progress,” The Hindu reported.
The minister was of the opinion that the Mumbai attack should not impede the implementation of the project. “We feel Asian leaders should be vigilant enough to the futuristic needs and demands of its peoples,” he said in a reference to the shortfall in domestic availability of natural gas in both India and Pakistan that the pipeline could bridge.
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