Islamabad, July 19 (ANI): Iran has agreed to form a Joint Working Group (JWG) to expedite the Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project, during a meeting of the Pakistan-Iran Joint Committee on oil, gas and energy, which was held on July 17-18 at Islamabad to discuss bilateral cooperation in the said sectors.
Dr Ahmad Khalidi, Deputy Minister for Internal Affairs to Minister for Petroleum headed the Iranian team, and Abid Saeed, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources headed the Pakistani team, reports The Dawn.
The two sides discussed issues of mutual interest particularly the energy sector. The Iranian side expressed its intention to invest in the E and P sector including investment in the upstream and midstream. They also invited Pakistani companies to invest in E and P sector in Iran.
The two sides decided to include experts from technical, legal, financial and commercial sectors in the JWG to work out the details with respect to the implementation of the Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline project. (ANI)
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