Overview
- India’s foreign ministry, which briefed reporters Friday, cast the outreach as case-by-case fuel aid managed against domestic supply limits.
- Recent shipments include 22,000 tonnes of high-speed diesel to Bangladesh in March and 38,000 tonnes of petroleum products to Sri Lanka last month.
- Petroleum supplies to Nepal continue uninterrupted under an Indian Oil Corporation agreement, with regular deliveries also going to Bhutan.
- New deals are in the works, with a government-to-government energy pact with Mauritius near conclusion after S. Jaishankar’s visit, and talks open with Maldives and Seychelles.
- India said it was invited to a France-led virtual meeting with the UK on the West Asia crisis, while evacuations from Iran now top 2,300 Indian nationals.