Iran Sets Up Ad Hoc Committee to Study Changes in Iran-Pakistan Pipeline

Iran has set up an ad hoc committee to study the idea of changing the time frame of launching Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline.

In an interview to Iranian news agency Shana, Iran’s deputy minister of petroleum for international affairs and trading, Ali Majedi, said that Iran and Pakistan agreed with setting up a bilateral committee to follow gas pipeline project on a regular basis and find a solution for the long-delayed construction of the pipeline inside Pakistan’s territory.

Shana said the two sides are slated to meet in late January to discuss pipeline related issues and present their views to Iran and Pakistan’s petroleum ministers.

Last week, media reports said that Pakistan would request Iran to set a new time frame for completion of Iran-Pakistan (IP) natural gas pipeline project.

The controversial pipeline project has been delayed due to sanctions on Iran. Iran has already completed 907 kilometers of its 1,227-kilometer share of the pipeline. 

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