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Deora’s visit to Pakistan put off
Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI: In setback to movement of talks on putting in place the strategic Iran-Pakistan-India and Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-
Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipelines and signing of formal agreements, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora’s visit to Pakistan later this month has been postponed.
Mr. Deora was to lead a high level delegation to Islamabad on November 28 and 29 to sign the formal agreement of India joining the Asian Development Bank (ADB) sponsored TAPI pipeline. Highly placed sources said that the “uncertainty” in Pakistan after the imposition of emergency and holding of general elections there had forced the postponement of the visit. Sources said the ADB was also having a re-think on holding the Steering Committee of TAPI pipeline in Islamabad in view of the sensitive political situation and the ongoing movement for restoration of democracy there.
Mr. Deora had last week indicated that during his visit to Pakistan, he would take up the issues pertaining to imposition of transit fee on the IPI pipeline with authorities in Pakistan to sort out the situation paving way for India to sign a trilateral agreement soon.
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