Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said the country’s oil and gas sector recorded an eye-catching growth in the last Persian calendar year (ended on March 20).
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The Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance of Iran said he has not received any signal of a decline in oil sales, and that these revenues are part of the country's budgetary income.
Iran and China have agreed to form a joint cooperative committee to enhance collaboration in key economic sectors, including agriculture, mining, petrochemicals, and joint investment, officials from both sides said during a meeting in Tehran.
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Iran's ambassador in Islamabad and Pakistan's Commerce Minister met and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral trade and economic cooperation.
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Iran’s Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said the oil industry is the main pillar of Iran’s economic resilience and plays a leading role in overcoming the country’s challenges.
Iran’s oil minister announced that the country has been elected chair of the Executive Board of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) and that Tehran’s proposal to upgrade the forum into the “Organization of Gas Exporting Countries” was well received by member states.
Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad described the 27th Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) as a crucial event, emphasizing that as the forum’s founder, Iran will present new initiatives designed to safeguard the collective interests of member countries in the long term.
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Indian company Reliance Industries is gradually increasing purchases of Middle Eastern oil and is ready to place more orders in the near future, Bloomberg reports.