India and Venezuela on Thursday agreed to deepen energy cooperation and explore a long-term partnership across the oil sector, as New Delhi ramps up crude diversification and Venezuela emerges as one of the country’s fastest-growing sources of crude supplies. At a press conference following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodriguez, the Secretary (East) at the Ministry of External Affairs, Rudrendra Tandon said that the discussions focused on forging an energy partnership.