South and Central Asian Officials opened talks Wednesday on a pipeline to carry Natural gas from energy-rich Turkmenistan to Pakistan and India by way of Afghanistan, a spokesman said. Oil ministers, officials and experts from the four Countries will discuss a range of matters relating to the proposed project during the two-day talks in Islamabad, Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammed Sadiq said. He said officials and experts from Pakistan, Iran and India would also meet later this week in the Pakistani Capital to discuss another multibillion dollar gas pipeline. Sadiq said Pakistan would ensure the safety of its portion of both pipelines. «These projects are vital for us to meet our fast-growing energy requirements,» he told The Associated Press.
