December 9, 2009 - 17:56 AMT
Nabucco can't operate without Iran
Implementation of Nabucco project is impossible without Iran, according to Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.

"We have never heard Europeans entrust the Americans with their authority to decide on the pipeline," he said.

"If anyone wants and has money, let them build void pipeline without Iran," Iranian FM said, adding that his country sits on the world's largest natural gas reserves and takes the second place after Russia.