Overview
- Puri began a two-day visit to Qatar on Thursday to discuss priority LNG and LPG supplies for India.
- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is set to visit the UAE on April 11 and 12 following Puri’s trip.
- The visit follows a two-week US–Iran ceasefire, yet traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains tightly constrained.
- India has received no LNG tanker from the Persian Gulf since early March, and only eight India-flagged LPG ships have transited the strait.
- QatarEnergy has declared force majeure after damage at Ras Laffan, with repairs expected to take three to five years and some long-term contracts at risk.