New Delhi
18 March 2010
India is in talks with Iran for buying piped natural gas but security and price
remain serious concerns.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said here on Thursday that New Delhi has taken up
its concerns with Tehran.
"... as far as India is concerned, we are in consultation with the government of Iran. We
have certain concerns. Concerns about pricing, concerns about security, which have
been taken up with the government of Iran," Mr Krishna said.
His remarks came two days Pakistan signed a 7.5 billion-dollar deal with Iran, paving the
way for laying the much-delayed natural gas pipeline that was originally envisaged to
extend up to India.
India is apprehensive about the pipeline passing through Pakistan's volatile province of
Balochistan. A surge in militancy in Pakistan has only increased India's security
concerns about the pipeline.
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