Iran Issues 3rd Notice to Pakistan for Delaying IP Gas Pipeline Project

Tehran has notified Islamabad for the third time and renewed its intention to file a lawsuit against Pakistan over the Iran-Pakistan Gas Line ( IPI Pipeline ) project for not being serious about laying a pipeline to its territory.

According to sources, Pakistan received the last communication about 10 days ago and the project has been delayed since 2014. In November-December 2022, Iran asked Pakistan to complete its nuclear program by February-March 2024. part of the onshore Iran-Pakistan (IP) gasoline project or be prepared to pay an US$18 billion fine.

Earlier, in February 2019, Tehran had sent a notice to Islamabad to refer to the arbitration court for the IP gas pipeline project and for not laying the pipeline to the territory of Pakistan within the stipulated time frame under the Gas Purchase Agreement (GSPA). application of penalty clause. GSPA was signed in 2009 for 25 years, but the plan did not materialize.

Pakistan insists that due to the US sanctions against Iran, it cannot implement the project in its territory, which was never accepted by the authorities of Tehran, and says that the US sanctions are not justified in the first place. Iraq and Turkey have been consuming Iranian gas for a long time. - Pi News