INDIAN OIL MINISTER MAKES FLYING VISIT TO ANGOLA
January 28, 2010 |10:48 | Oil By : Team X
Indian Oil Minister Murli Deora arrived here Tuesday evening for a 24-hour work visit to Angola to strengthen co-operation between the two countries.
Speaking to the press after his arrival at Luanda?s 4 de Fevereiro International Airport, he added that his visit was also aimed at reinforcing and consolidating the ties between the Angolan state-owned oil company (Sonangol) and the India’s national oil corporation.
He considered as enough reasons to establish a successful relations the fact that India imports 70 per cent of crude oil by-products which it consumes and Angola is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).The minister, who was accompanied by a 10-member delegation, was received Wednesday by his Angolan counterpart, Botelho de Vasconcelos. He also visit the Sonangol depot in Luanda.
Luanda was the second stop of the Indian minister?s African tour which started in Lagos (Nigeria) and will end in Kampala (Uganda).
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