New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- India's full membership to the International Energy Agency (IEA) is in its final stages, Fatih Birol, executive director of IEA said on Thursday during a press conference on the agency's ministerial meeting this week in Paris. India is presently an association member in IEA. IEA member governments unanimously agreed to move ahead on building deeper institutional ties with Brazil, Colombia, India and Vietnam - and to expand cooperation on critical minerals through the IEA's Critical Minerals Security Programme, the IEA said. Key member governments include the United States, Japan, Germany, the UK, Canada, France, and Australia, with the European Commission. "India's membership is in its final stages," said Birol. "In a ...