South Asia should decide about energy deal with Iran: US

Washington, April 10: Though the United States has made its views clear about nations having energy cooperation with Iran, its upto the South Asian countries to decide whether they want to have a deal with the Islamic country or not, US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack has said.

"There's a lot of demand for energy among those nations (South Asia). They have growing economies, growing populations. And they're going to have to decide for themselves as to how they meet those energy needs," McCormack said.

"With respect to Iran as a possible supplier of energy needs, we've made our views clear. But ultimately, it's going to be for the states in that region to decide," he said in response to a query about the recently concluded SAARC summit in New Delhi.

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