Gazprom supports formation of Iran-Russia-Qatar gas exporting group
Qatar-Iran-Russia, Economics, 10/28/2008

Head of Russia's Gazprom Alexei Miller voiced his support for the institutionalization of a gas exporting group similar to OPEC by Iran, Qatar and Russia.

Miller underlined that the program for establishment of the gas- exporting group will be implemented in near future.

Referring to the next trilateral meeting, he stated that the meeting is due to be held in Moscow in November 2008.

"Ways of expanding gas cooperation will be addressed during the trilateral meeting," he said.

Senior Iranian, Qatari and Russian energy officials began their first tripartite meeting on gas cooperation in Tehran on October 21.

Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari, his Qatari counterpart Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah and Miller took part in the meeting.

The meeting aimed to develop trilateral cooperation, enhance level of economic and political ties and make efforts to rationalize natural gas price on global market.

Participants of the meeting focused on identifying common viewpoints, interests and potentials for cooperation among the three countries as well as drawing an outlook on their cooperation in the field of natural gas.

They also discussed ways to expand strategic cooperation among Iran, Qatar and Russia on regional and international markets and assist one another in the target markets in light of geopolitical and geographical considerations.

They studied ways to employ existing infrastructures for production, transport and export of natural gas and sharing infrastructures with reasonable tariffs.

Investing for development of regional and international gas fields, producing and marketing natural gas was another major issue discussed by the Iranian, Russian and Qatari officials.

They also proposed setting up a center to handle financial affairs of the three nations in Doha, a technical center in Tehran and a market survey center in Moscow.

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