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Monday, September 16, 2024 16:11 GMT
Iran and Uzbekistan outlined a roadmap for cooperation in oil, gas, and petrochemical industries on Monday.During a visit of Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his accompanying delegation to Tehran, the two sides prepared the roadmap for a memorandum of understanding (MoU) the two countries signed on 14 September 2022.Iran's Deputy Oil Minister for International Affairs and Trade Ahmad Assadzadeh and Uzbekistan’s First Deputy Minister of Energy Azim Akhmedkhadjaev explored all avenues to remove obstacles in the way of the memorandum.The two officials also discussed cooperation in downstream and upstream sectors of oil and gas industry as well as scientific and training programs, formation of a joint working group to follow up the agreements reached between the two countries on oil, gas, and petrochemical cooperation.A joint statement and 10 cooperation documents were signed between the two countries in the presence of Iran’s President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi and his Uzbek counterpart Mirziyoyev on Sunday. - Shana