03-12-2006, 10:26 PM
As expected
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<b>India canât count on Iran for energy: US</b>
Press Trust of India
Washington, March 11: Recognising India's âenormousâ energy needs, the US has,
nevertheless, warned it that Iran was not a reliable long-term supplier of fuel
and advised it to turn its attention to other places in Central Asia.
"India has enormous energy needs and India is right to look out to the world to
see how it can secure its energy future," Under Secretary of State Nicholas
Burns said yesterday during a presentation to the 'Coalition for Partnership
with India' which is being coordinated by US Chamber of Commerce.
"The only point we have been making is that we don't believe that Iran is a
reliable partner in the long term. So our advice to our friends in India has
been you really can't count on the Iranians to be reliable," he said when asked
about the India-Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline and whether it will have any impact
on the Indo-US ties.
To meet its energy needs, burns said, "there are many other places India could
look -- Kazakasthan, Turkmenistan, (and also methods like) clean coal technology
and certainly the growing nuclear power sector..."
URL: http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=64217<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Sunday, March 12, 2006
<b>India canât count on Iran for energy: US</b>
Press Trust of India
Washington, March 11: Recognising India's âenormousâ energy needs, the US has,
nevertheless, warned it that Iran was not a reliable long-term supplier of fuel
and advised it to turn its attention to other places in Central Asia.
"India has enormous energy needs and India is right to look out to the world to
see how it can secure its energy future," Under Secretary of State Nicholas
Burns said yesterday during a presentation to the 'Coalition for Partnership
with India' which is being coordinated by US Chamber of Commerce.
"The only point we have been making is that we don't believe that Iran is a
reliable partner in the long term. So our advice to our friends in India has
been you really can't count on the Iranians to be reliable," he said when asked
about the India-Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline and whether it will have any impact
on the Indo-US ties.
To meet its energy needs, burns said, "there are many other places India could
look -- Kazakasthan, Turkmenistan, (and also methods like) clean coal technology
and certainly the growing nuclear power sector..."
URL: http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=64217<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->