America: We are preventing the implementation of Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline

According to the regional office Tasnim News Agency, “Donald Lowe”, the assistant of the US Department of State for South Asian and Central Asian affairs, stated in the hearing of the foreign affairs committee of the House of Representatives of this country that in order to prevent the realization of the gas pipeline from Iran to Pakistan He tries.

I support the realization of this pipeline, we are working towards this goal. Questioning Islamabad’s ability to finance the necessary funds to complete the project, he said: To be honest, I don’t know where the financing of such a project comes from, I don’t think international donors are interested in financing it.

In this regard, we are consulting with the government of Pakistan. The government complies with both the spirit and the letter of all sanctions laws related to Iran.

This American diplomat also clarified that Washington has not received any request from Islamabad to lift sanctions. has not done.

Energy Committee of the Cabinet of Pakistan early March issued its approval for the construction of an 80-kilometer pipeline from the Pakistan-Iran border to Gwadar. He had read about the sanctions against Iran.

Iran has already extended Pakistan’s deadline to complete this pipeline until September 2024, and if Pakistan fails to complete this project by this time, it will have to pay Iran 18 billion dollars in compensation.

In 2009, Iran and Pakistan signed an agreement to supply 750 million cubic feet of gas per day for 25 years .

According to the agreement signed between the two countries in 2009, the project was supposed to be completed by December 2014, and both sides were required to build the pipeline on their territory.

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