diff --git a/inventory_provider/juniper.py b/inventory_provider/juniper.py
index 680648625818dee03abe9dcb11f204df55a2e59d..cb7a198892d734ec5b4695fa7856761f2b405405 100644
--- a/inventory_provider/juniper.py
+++ b/inventory_provider/juniper.py
@@ -252,6 +252,30 @@ def list_bgp_routes(netconf_config):
             }
         }
 
+
+def ix_public_peers(netconf_config):
+    for r in netconf_config.xpath(
+            '//configuration/routing-instances/'
+            'instance[name/text()="IAS"]/protocols/bgp/'
+            'group[starts-with(name/text(), "GEANT-IX")]/'
+            'neighbor'):
+        name = r.find('name')
+        description = r.find('description')
+        local_as = r.find('local-as')
+        if local_as is not None:
+            local_as = local_as.find('as-number')
+        peer_as = r.find('peer-as')
+        yield {
+            'name': ipaddress.ip_address(name.text),
+            'description': description.text,
+            'as': {
+                'local': int(local_as.text),
+                'peer': int(peer_as.text)
+            }
+        }
+
+
+
 # note for enabling vrr data parsing ...
 # def fetch_vrr_config(hostname, ssh_params):
 #