Mr Sriprakash Jaiswal minister of coal met Mr Taner YILDIZ minister for energy and natural resources government of Turkey and other officials on the sidelines of the 22nd World Mining Congress inaugural session on September 12th 2011 at Istanbul, Turkey.
Mr Jaiswal is leading an Indian delegation there to participate in World Mining Congress. Both the ministers discussed about the energy situation in the two countries, particularly the field of coal mining.
India’s coal minister offered technical cooperation to develop coal and lignite deposits and coal washing in Turkey. Turkey’s Energy Minister evinced keen interest for technical cooperation with India in coal mining and clean coal technologies. He said that Turkey is planning to set up some 15000 MW coal based power generation plants and requested Indian companies to participate in the tenders. Both the ministers agreed for future cooperation in coal related areas.
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