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: Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji has announced that the Islamic Republic and Russia have signed 15 documents to promote bilateral cooperation in political and economic fields.
Thursday 29 February 2024 - 15:04
Story Code : 416463
Source : IRNA
Iran, Russia sign 15 documents to boost cooperation: Minister
The Iranian minister said that the two sides signed 15 documents that call for mutual cooperation in nearly a dozen fields.
“We have signed memoranda of understanding in political, economic and transportation fields, with some of them calling for cooperation in oil and gas sector,” he said, adding that Iranian and Russian representatives, at the Wednesday meeting, also agreed to implement the MoUs previously signed by the two countries.
According to the Iranian minister, other fields of cooperation discussed at the meeting include agriculture, transportation, generators, wagons, turbines, and the construction of the Rasht-Astara railway.
Expansion of cooperation on space and peaceful nuclear energy programs were also discussed, while ways were explored to remove obstacles in banking and monetary fields as well as customs, among other issues, he said.
On February 23, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak also said that Russian and Iranian companies are currently negotiating the creation of a gas hub in Iran and the development of gas fields, according to a report by Russia’s TASS news agency on Wednesday.
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