Iran ready to meet India's energy needs

The Islamic Republic is ready to meet India's energy security needs, Iran's ambassador to India was quoted as saying on Friday, as negotiations continue between the world powers and Tehran on the lifting of sanctions against the OPEC member.

"Rupee-rial trade mechanism can help companies from both the countries to deal with each other directly and avoid third party intermediation costs," Ali Chegeni was quoted as saying by Indian facilitation body MVIRDC World Trade Center.
India, the world's third-biggest oil importer and consumer, covers over 80% of its crude oil needs with imports.
India and Iran had devised a barter-like mechanism to settle trade where Indian refiners were paying for Iranian oil in rupees to a local bank, and the funds were used by Tehran to pay for imports from India.
Due to sanctions, the India-Iran trade declined sharply from $17 billion in the fiscal year to March 2019 to less than $2 billion in April-January, the first ten months of this fiscal year.
Chegeni said, "If both countries launch rupee-rial trade mechanisms, the bilateral trade could grow to $30 billion."

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