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Ahmadinejad visit to India clears gas pipeline hurdle

	May 05, 2008

Iranian President Mehmoud Ahmadinejad’s short six-hour stopover in New Delhi and his dinner meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on April 29, have given a new lease of life to the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project. A statement by the visiting Iranian President after his talks with Dr. Singh that the three countries will conclude discussions on the much-delayed $7.4 billion project within 45 days is not without significance. Now that there is no chance of the I ...