India is interested in exports of liquefied Iranian gas as well as building gas processing facilities in the Chabahar port, the Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry said in a statement released Monday.

NEW DELHI (Sputnik)�� The statement came a day after�India�s Petroleum and Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan wrapped up�his two day visit to�Iran on�April 9-10 where he met his Iranian counterpart Bijan Zanganeh in�the wake of�the January lifting of�economic sanctions from�Tehran.

"Sh Pradhan also conveyed to�the Iranian side that both countries must expand the basket of�oil and gas trade. He expressed India�s interest in�importing LPG [liquefied petroleum gas] from�Iran and said that companies from�both sides could discuss setting up�an extraction plant in�Chabahar, if required," the statement read.

The ministers agreed to�look for�ways to�transfer liquefied natural gas from�Iran, including through�the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline. India also hopes to�build an LNG plant and a gas cracker in�the Chabahar port.

By Sputnik News