India, Nigeria to increase cooperation in energy, UPI, local currency settlement to enhance economic ties
The Hindu
India and Nigeria aim to boost economic ties through cooperation in crude oil, natural gas, pharmaceuticals, UPI, and power sector
India and Nigeria have identified areas such as crude oil, natural gas, pharmaceuticals, Unified Payments Interface (UPI), local currency settlement system, and power sector to increase cooperation for boosting economic ties.
The commerce ministry on May 3 said that these issues among others were discussed during a recent visit of a seven-member delegation from India to Nigeria.
The delegation was led by Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, Amardeep Singh Bhatia.
The Indian delegation consisted of officials from Reserve Bank of India (RBI), EXIM Bank of India and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the ministry said in a statement.
It said that both sides identified several areas of focus for enhancing bilateral trade as well as mutually beneficial investments.
"These include resolving of market access issues of both sides, and cooperation in key sectors such as crude oil and natural gas, pharmaceuticals, UPI, local currency settlement system, power sector and renewable energy, agri and food Processing, education, transport, railway, aviation, MSMEs," it said.
They also agreed to early conclusion of Local Currency Settlement System Agreement to further strengthen bilateral economic ties.
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