The assembly of India-Nepal Joint Working Group was held by way of video conferencing. (File)
Kathmandu:
India and Nepal had a Joint Working Group assembly final week, throughout which the 2 sides mentioned future areas of cooperation within the petroleum power sector, together with potentialities of recent pipelines for provide of petroleum merchandise to the Himalayan nation, stated the Indian embassy on Saturday.
The second assembly of India-Nepal Joint Working Group (JWG) on oil and gasoline cooperation was held via video conferencing on August 13, the embassy stated in an announcement.
The assembly was co-chaired by BN Reddy, Joint Secretary in Ministry of Petroleum and Pure Fuel and Prem Kumar Shrestha, Joint Secretary within the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Provides, Authorities of Nepal, the assertion acknowledged.
Representatives from the Embassy of India in Kathmandu, Indian Public Sector Oil and Fuel firms equivalent to IOCL, GAIL and HPCL, Ministries of Finance and Overseas Affairs of Nepal and Nepal Oil Company (NOC) participated within the JWG assembly.
“The assembly expressed satisfaction on functioning of the Motihari-Amlekhgunj Petroleum Merchandise Pipeline, which was collectively inaugurated and operationalised by Prime Ministers of each nations in September 2019,” the discharge acknowledged.
The pipeline, first of its form in South Asian area, has been supplying the vast majority of the gas requirement of Nepal to Amlekhgunj Depot of NOC.
“Each side additionally mentioned future areas of cooperation within the petroleum power sector, together with potentialities of recent pipelines for provide of petroleum merchandise to Nepal,” the discharge acknowledged.
“Each side inspired their respective firms to work intently for increasing engagement within the petroleum sector,” it added.
The JWG mechanism was arrange in 2017 to additional strengthen the long-standing cooperation between IOCL and NOC and diversify areas of cooperation between the 2 nations within the oil and gasoline sectors. The primary assembly of the JWG was held in January this 12 months in New Delhi.
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