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Union Petroleum Minister to co-chair 13th Inter-Governmental Commission meeting at Astana, Kazakhstan

| @indiablooms | Sep 19, 2017, at 06:09 pm
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IBNS): Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, is co-chairing the 13th Meeting of Inter-Governmental Commission (IGC) with Kazakhstan, along with the host nation's Minister of Energy, Kanat Bozumbayev.

The Union Minister is visiting Astana, Kazakhstan from Sep 19 - 20, 2017 for the meeting.

The IGC meeting aims to follow up on the agenda set between India and Kazakhstan during the two visits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kazakhstan in July 2015 and June 2017, said the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas in a release.

During his visit, Pradhan is scheduled to discuss various issues and ideas for stepping up the cooperation in energy sector, trade, economic, investment, transport & connectivity, agriculture, information technology, space, healthcare and cultural spheres between the two countries with his counterpart.

The two sides are also expected to finalize a strategy and roadmap for expanding trade, economic and investment cooperation between the two countries.

The Union Minister is being accompanied by a delegation comprising senior officials from several ministries/departments, including Petroleum and Natural Gas, Mines, Electronics & IT, Tourism, ISRO, Department of Atomic Energy, Indian Council of Agricultural Research and also high level executives from ONGC Videsh and Railway Board.

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