DHAKA, Feb 13: The A meeting of the tripartite techno-commercial working committee on the proposed gas pipeline from Myanmar to India through Bangladesh, scheduled to be held in Yangon today (Monday) , has been deferred by at least a week on Dhaka's request.

The director general of Myanmar's energy ministry, Mr Soe Myint, on Friday conveyed the message to the state minister for energy and mineral resources, AKM Mosharraf Hossain.

"We are postponing the said meeting by 7 to 10 days from February 14, depending on the convenience of the parties," said the letter Mr Myint sent to Mr Mosharraf. New Delhi, on the other hand, wanted the meeting to be held from February 17 to 18.

A two-day meeting of energy ministries of Bangladesh, India and Myanmar, which ended on January 13 in Yangon, decided to form a six-member techno-commercial working committee to carry out a study on the proposed route of the pipeline and charges of pipeline security and management.