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Pakistan will proceed on pipeline to Iran, minister says
Source: CNN
Pakistan will proceed on pipeline to Iran, minister says
By Reza Sayah, CNN
March 1, 2012 -- Updated 1510 GMT (2310 HKT)
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan announced plans Thursday to proceed with the construction of a natural gas pipeline to Iran in an apparent rebuff to warnings from Washington to call off the project.
"All of these projects are in Pakistan's national interest and will be pursued and completed irrespective of any extraneous considerations," Foreign Minister Hina Rabani Khar told reporters at a news conference in Islamabad.
"As far as our bilateral relations and cooperation is concerned, we do not make it contingent on views and policies of any third country," she added.
Khar's statements came 24 hours after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a congressional subcommittee that Pakistan risked facing economic sanctions if it continued its plans for the pipeline.
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By Reza Sayah, CNN
March 1, 2012 -- Updated 1510 GMT (2310 HKT)
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan announced plans Thursday to proceed with the construction of a natural gas pipeline to Iran in an apparent rebuff to warnings from Washington to call off the project.
"All of these projects are in Pakistan's national interest and will be pursued and completed irrespective of any extraneous considerations," Foreign Minister Hina Rabani Khar told reporters at a news conference in Islamabad.
"As far as our bilateral relations and cooperation is concerned, we do not make it contingent on views and policies of any third country," she added.
Khar's statements came 24 hours after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a congressional subcommittee that Pakistan risked facing economic sanctions if it continued its plans for the pipeline.
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Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/01/world/asia/pakistan-iran-pipeline/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_world
