US pressure not allowing Iran to fulfill pipeline deal: Defense Minister

 

ISLAMABAD: Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has admitted that American pressure is not allowing Iran to fulfill the pipeline agreement.

In a statement, Khawaja Asif said that the Pak-Iran Gas Pipeline Agreement is a matter of Pakistan's survival. Iran is not allowing the pipeline agreement to be completed, diplomacy should be done with America so that it allows us to complete this agreement, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif will go to America this month, he must do this, Iran, being an Islamic brotherhood country, was very patient. is

The defense minister said that the Pak-Iran gas pipeline project should have been completed in 2008 or 2009. Iran is going to the International Court of Justice, so it has to protect its rights. intends to approach the arbitral tribunal.