Dharmendra Pradhan on three-day visit to Mongolia from today

Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan will pay a three-day visit to Mongolia beginning today. The Minister will  participate in the opening ceremony of  infrastructure that Mongolia has already constructed for the Indian funded, Mongol Refinery  project. 

The Mongol Refinery project is being  developed under a line of credit of 1.236 billion US dollars extended



by India during the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Mongolia in 2015 and subsequently enhanced during the State visit of the President of Mongolia to India last month.

During the visit, Mr Pradhan will have meetings with the Mongolian Minister for Mining and Heavy Industry to develop a roadmap for commencing the construction of the Refinery.