Official Visit of Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, to Mauritius

Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Hardeep Singh Puri undertook an official visit to Mauritius from August 20-21, 2026. During the visit, a Government-to-Government MoU on oil and gas cooperation was exchanged in the presence of the Prime Minister of Mauritius. Additionally, a five-year Sales and Purchase agreement was signed between Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and the State Trading Corporation (STC) of Mauritius, under which IOCL will supply the entire import requirement of Mauritius for Motor Spirit, High Speed Diesel, and Aviation Turbine Fuel. The visit also featured the groundbreaking ceremony for a bunker marine fuel storage facility at Port Louis and the joint launch of the Biofuels Country Landscape Policy framework under the Global Biofuels Alliance.