"On (June) 27th there is a bilateral meeting and on 28th and 29th there are trilateral meetings in New Delhi. We have to strike the deal by mid-July," Deora said on the sidelines of a function in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
India and Pakistan officials are expected to meet on June 27 to sort out differences on transportation tariff and transit fee payable by New Delhi to Islamabad for allowing passage of the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline to India.
This would be followed by an official-level meeting between the three countries on June 28-29. A ministerial-level meeting is expected later in July, when the three countries could ink an framework agreement on the over seven-billion-dollar pipeline.
Deora had on June 18 said discussions were on with Iran and Pakistan on prices and how the pipeline would be brought to India. He had also said major issues had been sorted out while pending issues like transportation fees and alignment would be worked out soon.