Tehran: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday told the Pakistani President Ali Zardari that a much-delayed $7.5 billion gas pipeline project must go ahead despite US opposition.
According to Iranian media reports, Khamenei said that the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline was an important example of Tehran-Islamabad cooperation.
“Despite hostilities towards the expansion of ties we must overcome this opposition decisively,” the supreme leader added.
“Accessing safe energy source is the first priority for any country including Pakistan. In this region, the Islamic republic is the only nation that has safe energy resources and we are ready to provide Pakistan its energy needs,” Khamenei said.
In 2010, Iran and Pakistan agreed that Tehran would supply between 750 million cubic feet (21 million cubic metres) and one billion cubic feet per day of natural gas by mid-2015.
Iran has the second largest world gas reserves after Russia and currently produces some 600 million cubic metres a day, almost all of which is consumed domestically due to lack of exports means.
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