The US 7 Bn Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline could be built in three parts, with each country building its own the segment, in a move that could protect the project from US sanctions."Iran will build the pipeline segment in its territory and Pakistan will be responsible for construction of the section on its soil. Indian companies will lay the pipeline from the Indo-Pakistan border to their consumption centres," a leading Indian Petroleum Ministry official was quoted as saying by Reuters. The new strategy could also enable US consultants and contractors to participate in portions of the project, the official said.
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