Final Construction Phase of Iran-Pakistan Pipeline Inaugurated

Iran and Pakistan have officially inaugurated the final construction phase of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, a report in Press TV said.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari attended the ceremony on the Iran-Pakistan border on Monday. 

The project will help enhance economic, political and security ties between Tehran and Islamabad, the two leaders stressed. 

The 1,600-kilometer pipeline, projected to cost  $1.2-1.5 billion, would enable the export of 21.5 million cubic meters of Iranian natural gas to Pakistan on a daily basis. 

Iran has already constructed more than 900 kilometers of the pipeline on its soil.