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This is interesting.
India-Iran pipeline may be completed by 2009: Govt
New Delhi: India expects the $4.5 billion India-Iran gas pipeline to be completed by 2009-end, Petroleum secretary Sushil C Tripathi said on Friday.
Everyone wants to get along with their neighbors; India needs oil; of course they’re going to make a deal with Iran.
Here’s the interesting part: look where this pipeline has to go to get from Iran to India:
It has to go through Pakistan. And the article continues:
Tripathi said India would build strategic storages in Rajasthan or Gujarat as an insurance against disruption in supplies of natural gas through the 2775-km-long pipeline, one-fourth of which will pass through Pakistan.
New Delhi would seek comfort from Iran in the form of commitment to supply liquified natural gas in case supplies are disrupted, he said.
India would not partner in the construction of the pipeline and would enter into a bilateral arrangement only with Iran for taking gas supplies.
“Iran would be responsible for dealing with Pakistan and insuring safe delivery of gas at our border,” Tripathi said.
Just last year there was great concern about the possibility of a nuclear confrontation between India and Pakistan. Yet here, India and Iraq are both relying on Pakistan not to destroy this pipeline. Surely this is a favorable indication regarding the possibility of peace between India and Pakistan.
