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India says no to gas pipeline through Pak.
New Delhi
July 29.
India today ruled out importing natural gas from Iran through an on-land pipeline passing through Pakistan.
``Keeping in view the present state of bilateral relationship with Pakistan, the Government is not considering any proposal for on-land natural gas pipeline transiting through Pakistan,'' the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Sumitra Mahajan, said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
Iran and Pakistan are keen on the 2,670-km on-land pipeline as it provided the former a cheap route to sell its vast gas reserves and the latter would have earned about $580 million transit fee from the $3.5 billion gas conduit. New Delhi, on the other hand, has been favouring an underwater line to avoid disruption in supplies.
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