During the visit of a Gazprom delegation headed by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee, to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Gazprom and National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), in the presence of Mohammad Mokhber, Acting Executive Head of Iran, signed the Strategic Memorandum on the elaboration of arrangements for pipeline supplies of Russian natural gas to Iran.
The parties take as a premise that they will be further developing the long-term and mutually beneficial cooperation between them.
As part of the visit, a working meeting between Alexey Miller and Javad Owji, Minister of Petroleum of Iran, also took place. The parties to the meeting discussed the priority steps to be taken for the implementation of the Memorandum and touched upon other areas of cooperation in the energy sector.
