Russia To Pipe Its Gas To Iran Via Azerbaijan - Ambassador
Date
11/19/2024 6:09:13 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 19. The works on the
project of exchange of Russian gas to Iran via Azerbaijan are
underway, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali told local
media, Trend
reports.
He believes that Russia has its eye on the ball when it comes to
pouring money into Iran's energy projects.
The Iranian ambassador mentioned that Russia is looking to join
forces with Iran for a Natural gas swap. Discussions are ongoing.
The dust has settled on most of the discussions, and a few loose
ends will be tied up in the not-so-distant future.
Iran also in his turn is interested in revitalizing the
North-South energy corridor. Iran is all set to hit the ground
running with multilateral gas agreements and is ready to swap gas
in cahoots with countries like Russia. Iran believes that the key
target countries in the North-South energy corridor are Türkiye,
Iraq, Pakistan, India, and countries south of the Persian Gulf.
To note, Russia and Iran are the world's No. 1 and No. 2 gas
reserves. Cooperation between these two countries can contribute to
the energy sector of the region and the world.
Russia and Iran possess the largest and second-largest natural
gas reserves globally. Cooperation between these two countries can
help to the energy sector of the area and the world.
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