According to the latest news, the Iranian president recently visited Pakistan to further consolidate bilateral relations between the two countries and strengthen cooperation in various fields such as trade, connectivity, energy, agriculture and people-to-people exchanges. The United States is now nervous, as early as February, Pakistan gave the green light for its long-delayed joint gas pipeline project with Iran, and the US State Department issued a direct warning at that time, saying that the United States would do its best to block the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project.
Now that the Iranian president has successfully visited Pakistan and focused on energy cooperation, it can be seen that Iran and Pakistan have not taken the US warning seriously. The main reason why the United States is concerned about Iran and Pakistan restarting the pipeline is that the project will not only benefit both Iran and Pakistan, but will also help China solve a big problem.
The first is Iran, which will provide a market for exporting natural gas to the east, passing through an important transit point in Pakistan's Gwadar port, which could help Iran directly circumvent US sanctions.
Recently, Iran has not only retaliated against Israel, including when foreign media revealed that the United States was overwhelmed by the Houthis in the Red Sea, the United States also hoped that Iran would stop the Houthis, and Iran did not directly give the United States face.
Therefore, if Iran's energy export restrictions are further lifted, Iran will only be more unkind to the United States in the future.
Then there's Pakistan, a pipeline that will deliver much-needed natural gas, which has been facing severe power shortages due to a lack of fuel for its power plants. In order to contain China, the United States has actually coerced and enticed Pakistan, and if Pakistan's economy becomes more and more independent, the influence of the United States on Pakistan will be further reduced, which is also a point that the United States does not want to see.
Finally, after the completion of this natural gas pipeline, Iran's natural gas can be connected to China through the energy transportation route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, further ensuring China's energy security, and avoiding energy shortages due to hostile countries cutting off maritime energy channels.
The Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project was launched in 2013 and the Iran section has been completed, initially asking Pakistan to complete the construction of the pipeline within its territory by the end of 2014, but Pakistan has not started construction of the pipeline due to US intervention, mainly because the United States has threatened to impose sanctions on Pakistan as a result.
Fortunately, in the past few decades, China has been committed to deepening economic ties with Pakistan, in the face of Pakistan's shortage of funds and suffering from terrorist activities, China has not flinched, and continues to help Pakistan develop infrastructure projects, and when Pakistan is about to go bankrupt, China is also quickly reaching out, which also provides Pakistan with no fear of US sanctions, began to take a key step forward, laying the foundation, now it seems that China's efforts are not in vain, this project that has been postponed for ten years, after the baptism of blood and tears, will become a sword through the black hand of the United States。