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Progress on Iran-Pak-India gas pipeline, says oil minister

IRNA

Islamabad, Aug 26, IRNA -- Pakistan`s Minister for Petroleum and 
Natural Resources Ch Nouraiz Shakoor on Tuesday announced progress on 
Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline. 
He said recent thaw in relations between Pakistan and India will 
help the project, according to the official news agency Associated 
Press of Pakistan (APP). 
"India has given indications that it will consider the project." 
As to the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan line project, he said 
a letter by the petroleum ministers of Pakistan, Afghanistan and 
Turkmenistan has been written to their Indian counterpart and a reply 
is awaited. 
Shakoor also said Saudi Arabia has assured Pakistan it would 
continue to provide oil and other petroleum products under special 
arrangements, 
Pakistani Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Monday 
concluded a five-day visit to Saudi Arabia. 
Pakistan, the minister said, has offered Saudi Arabia to 
participate in the privatization of public sector units such as 
Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), Oil and Gas Development Corporation 
(OGDC) and others or enter in joint ventures with these companies. 
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