Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will stop in New Delhi next week on a brief “working visit” to be topped by talks on two multi-billion dollar energy deals, an official said Monday. Ahmadinejad will arrive here on April 29 after a two-day state visit to India's southern neighbor Sri Lanka, and leave later that day, the foreign ministry official said. During his stay, Ahmadinejad's first to India, he will meet his Indian counterpart Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the official said. “Energy issues are on the agenda for talks,” said the official, who declined to give more details. Energy-hungry India, which imports more than 70 percent of its energy needs, has been racing to secure new supplies of oil and gas from abroad besides ramping up domestic production to sustain its booming economic growth. __
