New Delhi, March 25 (ANI) — Argentina’s Ambassador to India, Mariano A. Caucino, called India’s effort to diversify energy imports amid global disruptions from the West Asia conflict “very wise,” and said Argentina could become a key partner in supplying energy resources.
Speaking to ANI, Caucino noted that India has been expanding its network of energy suppliers and that Argentina has potential to contribute as bilateral cooperation grows. He referenced Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent remark in Parliament that India is developing a strategy to secure energy provision from more than 40 countries.
“Argentina can be, of course, one of them. It’s already working in a starting cooperation in this field,” Caucino said, adding that Argentina’s large territory and relatively small population — the country is the eighth largest in the world with fewer than 50 million people, while India is seventh — mean domestic consumption of food and energy is relatively low, leaving capacity to export to growing markets in Asia.
Caucino said Argentina can export significant quantities of food, minerals and potentially energy to India and other Asian economies as cooperation expands beyond agriculture and minerals into the energy sector.
On the broader geopolitical situation, the ambassador described the Middle East hostilities as overlapping conflicts rather than a single confrontation. He said Argentina has expressed support for the United States and Israel while hoping diplomatic efforts will yield a resolution that ensures regional stability.
Caucino also noted that Argentina has so far avoided major energy disruptions thanks to domestic reforms aimed at energy sustainability, but warned that the interconnected global economy means prolonged instability could eventually affect countries worldwide. “The world today is too interconnected, so we require stability for countries to achieve their national goals,” he said. (ANI)
