A delegation from Russia's gas giant Gazprom will send a 30-member delegation to Iran, headed by its Deputy Chairman Alexey Miller, to initiate a new round of gas negotiations.
The objectives of the upcoming trip by senior Gazprom managers to Tehran are to study new projects in Iran's gas industry, reach an agreement on gas swap contracts as well as cooperate on LNG and mini-LNG production plans, Mehr News Agency reported.
Given the diversity in the gas sector, six joint working groups have been set up by National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) and Gazprom.
Experts of both companies will attend meetings of working groups during the visit by the Russian delegation to Tehran to launch new talks on investment, gas business development as well as technology transfer.
Azizollah Ramezani, director of NIGC's International Affairs Department, said, "Joint committees between Iran and Russia’s Gazprom have been defined in areas of gas trade, research and development as well as production and implementation of joint projects for which certain correspondences and discussions have been made."
He underlined that the Russian delegation will visit Tehran in the form of four working groups which will conduct negotiations with NIGC executives on the details of further cooperation.
Meanwhile, Deputy Oil Minister and NIGC Managing Director Rokneddin Javadi said earlier in the week that no gas project, including construction of pipelines and refineries, has
been assigned to the Russians maintaining, "However, we are ready to cooperate with Russian companies in case they submit proposals."
