02-10-2008, 02:44 PM
[center]<b><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Talks on IPI gas pipeline project cancelled</span></b>[/center]
<b>TEHRAN : <span style='color:red'>Talks on the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project have been cancelled due to unknown reason.</span></b>
The petroleum ministers of the three countries were to meet in Tehran on Monday and a signing ceremony on the agreement was also expected on the occasion.
<b><span style='color:green'>Caretaker Federal Petroleum and Natural Resources Minister Ehsanullah Khan was ready to leave for Tehran but was informed by diplomatic sources that the talks had been cancelled,</span></b> a private TV channel reported. Earlier, the Indian government had announced it would not participate in the talks till the time a new government were elected in Pakistan. online
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