Iran will purchase gas from Russia, and sell his own to other countries, said Mehdi Safari, Deputy Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs for Economic Affairs. This is reported by the ISNA agency.
“The Iranian gas scenario with Russia is to buy gas from this country, and then export our own gas to neighboring states. If we do not buy or exchange Russian gas, Russia will cooperate with other countries. In the latter. Time raised the question of the trade in Russian gas with Turkey, as a result we must quickly take advantage of the opening opportunities, ”Mehdi Safari explained, commenting on the idea of turning Iran into a gas hub.
According to him, the agreement on the nosd supply of Russian gas is at the finalization stage. “The only problem due to which the delay occurred was in the intermediary country through which Russian gas should enter Iran,” the deputy minister added.
In the near future, Moscow and Tehran will create a joint venture for the construction of a gas pipeline in the state of the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea.