Pakistan will guarantee safe delivery of Iranian gas to India and security of the proposed $7.4 billion Asian peace pipeline passing through its territory to get New Delhi back on the negotiating table. As a sweetener, Islamabad is willing to consider the option of giving India equity in the project and has sought Indian participation in their forthcoming auction of exploration acreages, a top Pakistani official said on the sidelines of the 12th International Energy Forum . “Pakistan will stand guarantee for safe delivery of gas at the Pakistan-India border. We have already built in provisions for such guarantees in the gas transportation agreement we signed with Iran earlier this month. It has been notarised in Paris under international conventions. This should convince India of the sincerity of our offer,”additional secretary in Pakistan’s ministry of petroleum and natural resources Mohammed Chaudhry Ejaz said here on Tuesday. “The agreements can be legally enforceable in any international court of law. The transit agreement makes us liable for safe supply of gas. We stand 100% committed to ensuring safe transit of gas to India,” Ejaz said.
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