Yangon, April 4 -- India and Myanmar are poised to strengthen their energy cooperation with several key initiatives in the works. According to Abhay Thakur, India's Ambassador to Myanmar, the two nations have numerous reasons to boost their energy partnership.

Speaking to ANI on Friday, he stated, "We have a number of reasons why India-Myanmar energy cooperation would be more intense in the future...A coastal shipping agreement, which is in the works, would make this energy cooperation, particularly gasoline and diesel supplies, attractive for Myanmar."

In addition to the coastal shipping agreement, Ambassador Thakur highlighted India's efforts to increase the volume of rupee-chart settlement trade and also emphasized the importance of ...