Iran Press/Iran news: Hossein Shameli, the Iranian oil minister’s special adviser and assistant for international and trade affairs, made the remarks in an address to the opening ceremony of the first business-to-business (B2B) meetings between Iranian and Russian oil and gas companies here in Tehran on Tuesday.
He stressed that Iran and Russia play a “fundamental” role in meeting the world’s energy needs, adding the two countries' cooperation can be of contribution to the sustainability of the global energy supply.
Shameli noted, “We maintain that the bilateral use of [modern] technologies will play a key role in the development of and production from the two countries’ resources.”
He emphasized that the two countries' private sectors can play a significant role in preparing the ground for the exchange of experiences in the fields of educating human resources and creating new financial mechanisms for accelerating and facilitating the expansion of the bilateral relations, which are all very “essential” for the development and completion of the two states’ energy chains.
Shameli added economic development will be among the outcomes of such cooperation, saying the two countries can, within a “dynamic and effective” structure, enhance their cooperation in the energy sector and move toward ensuring energy supply sustainability and their own economic growth.
He said the exchange of technical and engineering services between the two countries with the active presence of their technology-based companies can be further promoted, for which Iran and Russia are required to place on their agenda sharing the required technologies. Shameli voiced the Iranian Oil Ministry’s readiness to support the two countries’ public and private companies and follow up on the implementation of the bilateral cooperation policies until the achievement of the desired results.
He described the prospects of the Iran-Russia cooperation as “long-term and lasting.”
Shameli said the B2B meetings have provided the two countries with a “favorable” opportunity to consult and expand cooperation among their knowledge-based firms in the energy field, as the first step toward fostering collaborations between their private sectors.
He also proposed that an investment fund would be established by the two countries for financing joint oil and gas projects.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak arrived in Iran on Tuesday on a two-day visit at the head of a high-ranking delegation for talks with Iranian officials.
Novak is expected to meet Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, Oil Minister Javad Owji, and Central Bank Governor Mohammad-Reza Farzin.
He will also attend the opening ceremony of the 27th Iran International Oil, Gas, Refining, and Petrochemical Exhibition (Iran Oil Show 2023), and visit a number of leading Iranian companies.
Cooperation in the energy sector will be among the Russian deputy PM’s discussions with Iranian officials.
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