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India, Myanmar ink pact on petroleum exploration

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Press Trust of India Nay Pyi Taw
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 3:44 AM IST

A big business delegation led by Sunil Bharti Mittal was accompanying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is here for a two-day visit.

The three MoUs were signed in presence of V S Seshadri, Ambassador of India to Myanmar.

An agreement on production sharing of contract for exploration and production of Petroleum was signed between Jubilant Oil & Gas Private Ltd and Parami Energy Development Company Ltd and Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise on production for Onshore Block PSC-I.

A MoU for leasing the Thar Paung Paper and Pulp Mill between JK Group and Myanmar's Industry Ministry was also signed.

The business delegation also had an interaction with Myanmar President U Thein Sein and several other cabinet Ministers of Myanmar.

"Sein invited the Indian industry to invest in pharmaceutical, energy, manufacturing, telecom and IT," CII said in a statement.

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"He said the SME sector had great potential for technology absorption SME sector in Myanmar," it said.

The delegation includes Hari S Bhartia, B Muthuraman, Sanjay Kirloskar and Atul Punj.

  

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First Published: May 28 2012 | 9:45 PM IST

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