Iran approved passage of Qatari gas shipment to Pakistan through Hormuz, source says
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Iran approved the passage of Qatari LNG tanker Al Kharaitiyat through the Strait of Hormuz, sources tell Reuters, after shipping data showed the tanker sailing toward the blockaded waterway earlier today.
A successful passage would mark the first transit by a Qatari LNG tanker through the strait since the start of the Iran war.
The gas is being sold by Qatar to Pakistan – a mediator in the war – under a government-to-government deal, according to two people familiar with the matter. They say Iran had approved the shipment to help build confidence with Qatar and Pakistan.
Pakistan has been in discussions with Iran to allow a limited number of LNG tankers to pass through the strait, as Islamabad urgently needs to address its gas shortage, a source briefed on the agreement tells Reuters.
Iran agreed to assist, and the two sides are coordinating the first vessel’s safe passage carrying gas supplied under Pakistan’s agreement with Qatar, its main LNG supplier, the source adds.
Reference Link:- https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-approved-passage-of-qatari-gas-shipment-to-pakistan-through-hormuz-source-says/
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
That’s a really interesting development given the regional tensions. It will be important to see how this impacts energy prices moving forward.