Iranian Finance Minister meets India's Oil Minister

By Staff

Published: Friday, January 18, 2008, 16:05 [IST]

New Delhi, Jan 17, 2008 : Addressing a news conference in New Delhi on January 16th, Iranian Finance Minister said that Iran was looking forward to a deal between India and Pakistan"s on building a $7-billion pipeline to supply gas to energy-hungry south Asian neighbours.

The proposed pipeline will initially carry 60 million cubic meters of gas to be exported daily to Pakistan and India, half to each country. Jafari also called for India to invest in Iranian gas fields and receive as much LNG as it needed in return.

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