 Discussions between the governments of Iran and Pakistan started in 1994 for the gas pipelines and energy security.A preliminary agreement was signed in 1995 by Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, in which, this agreement foresaw construction of a pipeline from South–North Pars gas field to Karachi in Pakistan.Later, Iran made a proposal to extend the pipeline from Pakistan into India.