MOS Petroleum R.P.N. Singh meets Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia on
Sidelines of 30th ASEAN Energy Ministers Meeting
ASEAN Seeks Energy Grids of High Power Transmission
and Gas Pipelines with its Development Partners
The
Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Mr. R P N Singh arrived
in Cambodia to attend the 30th ASEAN Energy Ministers Meeting and the
3rd EAS Energy Ministers Meeting. Minister met the Prime Minister Hun
Sen along with senior ministers of ASEAN and other countries. Prime
Minister Hun Sen while addressing the gathering on ‘ASEAN Green
Connectivity’ especially mentioned about India’s assistance in building
power transmission lines in Cambodia. Prime Minister thanked Minister
Shri Singh for India’s assistance in improving the power sector in
Cambodia and indicated that ASEAN was keen on developing closer links
with India in the overall development of energy sector. The thrust of
the meeting was on integrating ASEAN energy markets with its
developmental partners through establishment of energy grids by laying
high power transmission and gas pipelines.
MOS Shri Singh also met the Energy Ministers of Malaysia, Russia,
Brunei, Singapore and Japan on the sidelines of the meeting. Besides
India, this meeting is attended by 10 ASEAN countries as well as
Ministers from China, Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
RCJ/RKS
(Release ID :87699)
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