Iran will connect to the Arab Gas Pipeline via Syria and Iraq, which will open a route for the export of Iranian natural gas to Egypt, the minister of oil and mineral resources of Syria, Sufian Alao announced.
Tehran, Baghdad and Damascus have held talks on the establishment of a 2000-kilometer gas pipeline from Iran to Syria; IRNA quoted Sufian Alao as saying on Wednesday. The length of this pipeline in Iranian territories will be 700 Km, its length in Iraq will be 900 km and in Syria 400 km. It’s worth mentioning that this pipeline will meet the needed gas in Iraq and Syria and will facilitate Iranian gas export to Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt through the Arab gas pipeline.
With regard to the close cooperation between these two countries in the field of energy, he said that this project can play an important role in the expansion of cooperation between Syria, Iraq and Iran.
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Source: NIGC, May 1, 2011;