INDIA-IRAN 2 LAST

On Afghanistan too, India and Iran have same views,
particularly with regard to the need for curtailing
activities of Taliban.

While discussing energy issues, the Indian side flagged
its interest in the 7.4 billion USD IPI pipeline but wanted
aspects like security and pricing to be sorted out.
The two sides will be discussing such aspects in detail
during the meeting of Joint Working Group on Energy to be
convened soon.
Negotiations for the IPI pipeline, also called the
'peace pipeline', have been going on for over four years but
the pricing and security of the project have been sticking
points.
With India's concerns persisting, Pakistan and Iran have
gone ahead and signed an agreement for bilateral pipeline
project, saying India can join later.
Iran is one of the key sources of energy, particularly
crude oil, for India.
The two countries also discussed various other
collaborative projects like development of an integrated
port-road-rail infrastructure to provide transit access to
India from Chabahar to central Asia.
Mottaki, who is undertaking his second visit here since
2006, also called on Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari. PTI
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