http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=90369&d=25&m=12&y=2006
Pakistan to Go Ahead With Trilateral Gas Pipeline Plan Azhar Masood, Arab News ISLAMABAD, 25 December 2006 --- Pakistan will go ahead with multimillion dollar Iran-Pakistan-India trilateral gas pipeline project despite the imposition of sanctions by the United Nations' Security Council against Iran, Foreign Office spokeswoman said here yesterday. Tasnim Aslam said, "We have examined the draft of the UNSC resolution it only covers nuclear related items." In categorical terms Tasnim said Pakistan has no nuclear arrangement with Iran. This resolution does not apply on proposed Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri was in Tehran recently to finalize the deal. So far the third partner in the project --- India --- has expressed its willingness to purchase gas from Iran via Pakistan. Tasnim said, "There is no diplomatic pressure on Pakistan as far as bilateral or multilateral trade with Iran is concerned minus nuclear related materials." Pakistan faced world criticism earlier for the supply of clandestine centrifuges to Iran by Abdul Qadeer Khan's network. The government has maintained ,"Only Dr. Qadeer's network was involved and it was not the policy of government of Pakistan to proliferate the region." President Pervez Musharraf said Saturday, "The gas pipeline will be completed at all costs." He commented after his discussion on the issue with Kasuri. Musharraf said Pakistan needed energy on urgent basis to sustain pace of its industrial development. Meanwhile, Pakistan has received a request from India to provide road and railway facilities to Delhi for its land trade with Iran. Foreign Office is examining Indian request but a final decision will be taken at the highest level. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
