Iran and Pakistan have reportedly settled all issues relating to plans for a multi-billion euro gas pipeline.
The announcement comes as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paid Pakistani leaders a brief visit in Islamabad before travelling on to India on Tuesday. If all goes according to plan, construction could start next year and the pipeline, linking the world's second largest gas reserves to the fast growing South Asian economies, could be completed by 2012. It would initially transport 60 million cubic metres Asian bank offers food price help ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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