Pakistan started the construction of gas pipeline imported from Iran
| After a 10-year hiatus, Pakistan has started the construction of a gas pipeline from Iran, a move that is necessary to meet Islamabad's energy needs. |
The announcement of the approval of the Energy Committee of the Government of Pakistan, this country has started the construction of a natural gas pipeline from Iran after a 10-year hiatus. He stated: The President of Iran will travel to Islamabad in two weeks to complete the process of the peace gas pipeline project, therefore Pakistan has decided to start the process of mapping and engineering design related to the construction of 80 kilometers of gas pipeline to the border of Iran.
An informed source in Pakistan’s Ministry of Energy said: Ministry of Petroleum will request a significant amount for this project in the budget of the current fiscal year, the implementation of this The estimated cost of the project is 44 billion Pakistani rupees and it will take up to two years to complete.
Pakistan has decided to complete the gas pipeline project in two phases. And based on this, it is supposed to build the 81-kilometer section of the pipeline from Gwadar port to Iran, and in the next stages it will be connected to Nawabshah.
Gio News report states: “This new development regarding the joint Iran-Pakistan gas project, while the United States once again openly opposes He has expressed himself with this plan and has also given warnings about possible sanctions, a project that has been delayed for 10 years, while it was supposed to be completed in December 2015 and then put into operation in January 2015.
Recently, “Donald Lowe”, the assistant of the US Department of State for South and Central Asian affairs, said that he is trying to prevent the realization of the gas pipeline from Iran to Pakistan.
Although the implementation of this project will cause concern to Islamabad’s western allies, the government of Pakistan announced on Thursday, the second of April, that for the construction of the natural gas import pipeline from Iran, it will receive “sanction exemption” and the permission of the United States. There is no need.
According to the agreement signed between the two countries in 2009, the two countries were required to build the necessary pipeline for this project in their territory.
| © | Webangah News Hub has translated this news from the source of Tasnim News Agency |
