India revives talks on gas pipeline connecting it with Oman and Iran.

With the multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline linking Iran, Pakistan and India still to see the light of day, India recently discussed the possibility of reviving a deep sea pipeline connecting Oman and Iran to energy-deficient India, two people close to the development said.

'The proposal was discussed,' during separate talks between Indian foreign minister Salman Khurshid and Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, the minister responsible for foreign affairs of Oman and Iran's foreign minister Javad Zarif, one of the people cited above said.

The proposal, first made in the mid-1990s, was revived 'because when it was proposed the technology for laying such a pipeline didn't exist. But now we see that a similar pipeline has been laid in the North Sea which opens possibilities for the use of similar technology elsewhere,' said one of the people cited above.

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