What happened:
On January 27, India and Canada signed a Joint Statement on Energy Cooperation on the sidelines of India Energy Week (IEW) 2026 in Goa, following a bilateral meeting between Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Timothy Hodgson. The two sides also launched the renewed India–Canada Ministerial Energy Dialogue, reaffirming cooperation across conventional and clean energy sectors, including LNG, LPG, crude oil, renewables and emerging technologies.
Why it matters:
The agreement strengthens India–Canada energy security and supply diversification, expands bilateral energy trade and investment, and advances collaboration on clean energy, climate goals and resilient energy value chains, aligning with both countries’ long-term economic and sustainability priorities.