Putin may visit Tehran for key gas summit
Russia has announced that President Vladimir Putin may visit Iran next month to attend a crucial summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF).
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has been quoted by the Russian media as saying that Putin has been invited to attend the GECF summit in Tehran by his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani.
"The decision has not been made so far. The decision will be made depending on [Putin's] schedule. Russia will be in any case presented there on a high level," Peskov has been quoted by Sputnik news as telling reporters.
The invitation for the Russian president to attend the GECF summit was delivered by Iran’s First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri to the visiting Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak on Thursday.
“Iran is interested to see Russia participate in the summit at the highest level,” Jahangiri told Novak.
Apart from Russia, Iran has also submitted official invitations to the presidents of Algeria, the UAE, Venezuela, Qatar, Egypt, Bolivia, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, and Trinidad and Tobago as the key members of the forum as well as the Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Peru and Norway as the observer member states.
The forum, founded in 2001, unites leading natural gas exporting countries and coordinates cooperation between its member states.
Russia is among the forum's permanent members, alongside such countries as Algeria, Iran, Qatar, Libya, Venezuela and the United Arab Emirates. The Netherlands, Norway, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Oman and Peru hold observer status.
Iran’s Mehr news agency has reported that Tehran expects to host Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro, Iraq’s President Fouad Massoum, UAE’s President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Qatar’s President Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and Oman’s King Qaboos bin Said.
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