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In stitching a complex oil-for-food deal, India sets about placating Iran [1]

Also woos Saudi Arabia with new petroleum diplomacy, while trying to soothe a vexed US, in an interesting coordination effort between external and other ministries

India is finally plunging into the oil politics of the Gulf and West Asia. It sent a team of senior officials from the commerce ministry to Iran around a fortnight earlier, to clinch an oil-for-food deal. And, is beginning to woo the Sunni oil kingdoms in the region, led by none other than Saudi Arabia.

Publication Date: 
21/03/2012
Jyoti Malhotra [2]
Business Standard (New Delhi) [3]
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India [4], Saudi Arabia [5], Iran [6], Oil [7], Rice [8], Wheat [9], Mangalore Refineries And Petrochemical (MRPL) [10], Exports [11], International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) [12], United States Of America (US) [13], Energy [14]
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