INDIA’S Petroleum and Natural Gas, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri and Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat, on Monday, discussed areas of co-operation in the energy sector.

The ministers met in Abu Dhabi on the sidelines of the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC 2022), a release from the Indian High Commission in Georgetown said.

Minister Puri underlined that Indian companies will assist Guyanese in training engineers for upstream and downstream sectors, so that they can maximise production from their landmark discoveries.

“India and Guyana’s historical bilateral relations are underpinned by robust ongoing cooperation in different sectors, especially in healthcare, education, culture, finance, training and capacity building. A large number of developmental cooperation projects being executed by Government of India in Guyana, under various assistance, in the form of support to combat COVID-19, ITEC/ICCR scholarships, Grant/Line of Credit developmental infrastructure projects, etc., demonstrate the commitment of India in being a reliable partner in Guyana’s developmental journey,” the release said.