Dhaka stays cool to India's new idea about gas pipeline

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DHAKA, July 3 (Xinhuanet) -- "Dhaka will not mind if New Delhi decides to exclude Bangladesh from the proposed overland gas pipeline between India and Myanmar, said a senior Bangladeshi official. The Financial Express Sunday quoted Mahmudur Rahman, adviser tothe Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources as saying that Bangladesh will welcome new plan on the proposed tri-nation gas line project that might bypass Bangladesh to safeguard India's strategic interests. India, however, is yet to inform Bangladesh about its change ofmind, Rahman noted..."

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Xinhuanet via Narinjara News

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2005-07-03

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2005-07-09

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