Indian Petroleum Minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar will visit Pakistan next month to discuss the $4.16 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project. During his visit, starting from May 25, Aiyar would discuss import of natural gas from Iran through a 2600-km pipeline, 760-km of which is to pass through Pakistan. He will visit Sui gas field on May 28. During the meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Aiyar said he would take up the issue of removing diesel from the negative list of importable items from India.
The Indian Minister would also look at settling the transit issue with Pakistan before his June trip to Tehran to seal a deal for the import of 60-70 million standard cubic meters per day of natural gas from Iran via 4.16 billion dollar pipeline, said a media report.
"Aiyar will discuss issues, like the route of the pipeline, transit fee and others with Pakistan as all of it will have an important bearing on the cost of gas," an official of the Petroleum Ministry said.
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