L'IRAN DAILY E L'INDIA: "O CON NOI O CON LO ZIO SAM"
Questo il corsivo comparso il 17 luglio sul giornale iraniano a lato della cronaca sulla nuova intesa tra il governo di Teheran e Gazprom per "Peace Pipeline". Sin dal titolo (Testing India) le evidenti minacce.
Testing India By Amir Ali Abolfath
One day after the announcement that French company Total is pulling out of Iranian oil and gas projects, Russia’s Gazprom concluded an agreement with Iran on energy cooperation. Now, in addition to active participation in Iran’s nuclear projects, Russia is also present in Iran’s lucrative oil and gas market. Given that Iran and Russia hold over 70 percent of global gas reserves, the two countries can and will play a more effective role in international energy equations. Concurrent with the rapid move of the two major producers of natural gas, it must be said that big energy consumers are either imposing self-sanction or are adopting a wait-and-see policy. France, the UK or even the US belong to the first category while a country like India is seen in the second category. On the countries that impose sanctions against themselves, one has to note that political and security issues that the West has devised for itself have slowed down economic ties with Iran, particularly in the area of energy. However, regarding India it seems that it has chosen to pursue double standards vis-ˆ-vis Iran. On the one hand, New Delhi gives the impression that it is still interested in participating in the proposed Peace Pipeline project while on the other it keeps on coming up with pretexts to avoid finalizing the multi-billion deal. India’s contradiction of sorts can be explained in two ways. It is either that India intends to show it is willing to sacrifice its participation in an important Iranian economic project to please Uncle Sam vis-ˆ-vis Iran’s nuclear issue or that it is seeking more concessions on the gas pipeline project, such as further discounts. It is obvious that in the present circumstances and the systemic rise in oil and gas prices, India does not have much time to procrastinate. In the next few days, the world will see oil prices over 0, which in turn will also lead to a hike in the prices of natural gas and oil products. Therefore, the terms and conditions put by Iran in the gas deal to India may even change. This is while withdrawal of a company like Total from the Iranian energy market cannot be seen as a possible source of pressure by India to gain more concessions from Iran, as only a few hours after Total shied away, Gazprom stepped in. All things considered, the energy market is more attractive than companies or governments wanting to deprive themselves from it due to short-term political considerations.
Termini d'uso | Crediti | Registrazione Tribunale di Milano n°537 del 15/10/1994 - P.iva: 09155900153 - La testata fruisce dei contributi statali diretti di cui alla legge 7/08/1990 n.250
