Re: US to scrap nuclear deal if India tests weapons - State Dept
US hopes India would not go for Iran pipeline
By IANS
Friday October 26, 09:04 AM
Washington, Oct 26 (IANS) The US is hoping that India would not move forward with the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project as Washington has imposed more sanctions on Tehran citing links to terrorism and weapons proliferation. ‘With regard to the Iran pipeline issue…** We’re hoping that India won’t move forward on this,’ a senior official said at a briefing Thursday ahead of US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Paulson’s four-day trip to India starting Sunday.**
‘We think at a time when the world should be imposing greater discipline on its interactions with (Iranian) companies and financial institutions and the Iranian government more broadly, that this is not the right path forward.’ David McCormick, treasury undersecretary for international affairs, said.