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'Pipeline to help Indo-Pak meet energy needs'
New
Delhi,
Apr
4:
Pakistan
Prime
Minister
Shaukat
Aziz
today
said
the
Iran-Pakistan-India
(IPI)
gas
pipeline
will
greatly
help
India
and
Pakistan
to
meet
their
energy
requirements
and
bring
peace
and
prosperity
in
the
region.
The
Prime
Minister
was
talking
to
Petroleum
Minister
Murli
Deora,
who
called
on
him
here
on
the
sidelines
of
14th
SAARC
Summit.
Mr
Aziz
said
Pakistan
was
determined
to
make
the
IPI
project
a
success.
It
was
the
first
of
many
projects
Pakistan
planned
to
undertake.
Also
there
wass
a
vast
potential
of
cooperation
between
the
two
countries
in
the
areas
of
LNG
and
petro-chemicals,
he
added.
Mr
Aziz
said
the
launch
of
IPI
project
would
be
a
great
Confidence
Building
Measure
(CBM)
and
a
gift
for
the
future
generations
of
the
two
countries.
The
project,
he
said,
was
testimony
of
the
desire
of
India
and
Pakistan
to
work
in
a
sprit
of
cooperation.
He
said
Pakistan
was
committed
to
take
steps
to
ensure
safety
and
security
of
the
pipeline
and
uninterrupted
gas
supply
to
India.
Prime
Minister
Aziz
said
as
a
result
of
high
growth
achieved
by
Pakistan
during
the
last
few
years,
the
energy
demands
have
significantly
increased
and
the
government
is
making
all
out
efforts
to
bridge
the
gap
between
the
demand
and
supply.
He
said
in
the
gas
sector
Pakistan
was
focusing
on
enhancing
indigenous
capacity
and
the
import
of
gas
through
commercially
feasible
projects.
UNI
