Luanda (Angola), Nov 9 (PTI) Indian oil and gas companies are desirous of entering into a "long-term" purchase contract with Angola to meet the country's energy requirements as they also wish to invest in petroleum refining and exploration of critical and rare earth minerals in the African country, President Droupadi Murmu said on Sunday.

Murmu kicked off her four-day state visit to the nation with a delegation-level meeting with the Angolan President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco at the Presidential Palace here.

She said Indian companies were also "interested" in opportunities related to the exploration of critical and rare earth minerals, fertiliser production and diamond processing.

The two countries also exchanged multiple Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) aimed to strengthen bil

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