In a statement Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan said, “Pakistan [is] ready to provide international guarantees afresh to India to lay the gas pipeline from Iran to Gujarat via its territory provided there were no ‘extraneous conditionalities’ attached to it.”
“These guarantees have been given in the past and we are ready to give them again afresh. There is no problem. This is not an obstacle and a hurdle. I think we can do business. International guarantees, let me reiterate, are not a problem,” added Masood.
Masood also reiterated Pakistan’s stance on the project which would boost relations between his country, India and the Central Asian republics.
“There is a collective benefit involvement here and we must pursue it,” said Masood.
