Nepal and India will discuss supplying aviation fuel via the cross-border pipeline during talks scheduled for early December.
According to officials, Nepal and India are negotiating the supply of aviation fuel to Nepal via the cross-border petroleum pipeline.
According to a Ministry of Commerce and Industry official, officials from the two nations will meet in New Delhi next week.
On December 2, 2025, Minister for Communication and Information Technology Jagadish Kharel announced that the Nepal government had authorised a Nepali delegation headed by Shivaram Pokhrel, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Supplies, to attend the fifth meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Working Group on Oil and Gas Cooperation.
The summit is set for December 8, 2025, in New Delhi, India.
Currently, the Indian Oil Corporation supplies petrol and diesel to the government-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) via pipeline.
Since 2017, the NOC has been using the Motihari-Amlekhgunj petroleum pipeline to transport diesel; since March 2025, it has increased its use to include petrol.
SOURCE – THE HINDU
