India, Oct. 22 -- India and Canada may explore deeper energy cooperation while expeditiously concluding negotiations for a comprehensive free trade deal, people aware of the matter said, adding that the countries plan to establish a two-way energy supply chain in which India would import Canadian oil and gas and send refined petroleum products the other way.

A team of Canadian negotiators will visit New Delhi early next month to participate in the sixth round of free trade talks, they said, requesting anonymity. Both sides are making efforts to conclude negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) before an expected visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Canada in mid-December, they added.

The prime ministers...