China is ready to join the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline if India drops out of the $7.4 billion project, Dawn newspaper reported Tuesday quoting Pakistani sources.The report said Pakistan had urged Iran earlier this month to make the project final by next month because of its growing demand for natural gas.
Iran informed Pakistan if India remained reluctant to join the project under pressure from the United States, Iran would then invite China to do so, the report said.
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If India drops out of the $7.4 billion gas pipeline project with Iran and Pakistan, then China will be invited to join. China is ready to do this, but it is not yet clear how the agreement will change once it is involved.
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