IRADE as part of USAID’s South Asia Regional Initiative/Energy Integration programme, hosted a Parliamentary Roundtable on South Asia Regional Cooperation on Energy in Delhi on 7th April 2022.
This meeting also included launch of a white paper called- Regional Parliamentary Forum for Energy Cooperation and Energy Trade in South Asia. This study accesses the need and potential of establishing a Regional Parliamentary Forum for augmenting energy cooperation in the BBINS (Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal & Sri Lanka) regions.
The MPs discussed that mitigating political challenges was imperative for achieving successful energy trading and cooperation in the region and expressed support for a Regional Parliamentary Forum for encouraging political dialogue on South Asian energy cooperation and trade.
