President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan and Iran's
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have inaugurated a controversial gas pipeline linking the
two neighbours.
The US has warned that the project could incur
sanctions connected with Iran's nuclear programme.
The long-delayed pipeline is seen in Pakistan as a
way of alleviating the country's chronic energy shortages.
The work on the Iranian side is almost complete.
Construction in Pakistan will begin on Monday.
Live television footage showed the two presidents
shaking hands with dignitaries as the ceremony got under way at the border.
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