Zanganeh, Minister of Petroleum, after meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister “Alexander Novak” and Russian Minister of Energy “Nikolay Shulgin” said:
In a meeting with Russian officials, we agreed to develop technical cooperation in the field of oil and gas and also, we talked under the OPEC circumstances “given the serious Russia’s cooperation in OPEC” about stabilizing the global oil market considering that Russia has played an important role in it over the years. Fortunately, we were on the same page and our cooperation with Russian oil and gas companies and Russian equipment manufacturers is set to continue. Russia is a strategic partner and this partnership is not something that will change due to the tensions on the international arena.