TEHRAN (PIN) -- Expert-level negotiations on peace pipeline between Iran and Pakistan kicked off here Monday.

The new round of talks aims to finalize the text of contract on the pipeline in the presence of Pakistani experts.
According to the schedule, Iranian and Pakistani experts discussed the project Monday and continue negotiations today and the ranking officials of the two states finalize the talks today.
Ahmed Mokhtar, the energy advisor to Pakistan’s prime minister, will attend the meet.
Iran will export 30 million cubic meters of gas to Pakistan per day if the two sides reach an agreement.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project was at an advanced stage of negotiations.
“We are confident that this project will be launched in the near future. Similarly, we are exploring the possibilities of a pipeline from Turkmenistan to Pakistan through Afghanistan, which could be extended onward to India.”
He said that at present Pakistan met 75 percent of its energy requirements from domestic resources including its indigenous gas, oil, and hydropower production.
“In order to sustain the growth rate of over seven percent over five years, Pakistan needs to greatly expand its energy resource base,” Aziz added.
He said that Iran would provide access to Central Asian energy resources and would supplement oil and gas transportation through pipelines.
Iran also invited India to attend the meet, but New Delhi has announced it will not resume trilateral talks until India and Pakistan settle their problem.
The proposed 2,600 km long pipeline project is being built to deliver natural gas from hydrocarbon-rich from Iran to Pakistan and India.
The project was conceptualized in 1989 by R. K. Pachauri, Indian chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in partnership with Ali Shams Ardekani, former deputy foreign minister of Iran.
Pachauri proposed the plan to both Iranian and Indian governments in 1990. The government of Iran responded positively to the proposal