Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji has held talks with his counterparts from Iraq and Angola in separate meetings on Saturday.

The meetings took place as part of the Iranian foreign minister’s negotiations on the sidelines of the 7th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Summit of Heads of State and Government in Algiers on Saturday.

In their meeting in Algerian capital, Iran’s Owji and the Iraqi Oil Minister Hayyan Abdul Ghani discussed ways for increased cooperation on developing shared fields, trade of gas and oil products, payment methods and development of infrastructure for trade of products.

They agreed to select one or two shared fields with less reserves for development projects and then gradually move to bigger fields.  

In a separate meeting with his Angolan counterpart Diamantino Azevedo, Owji voiced Tehran’s readiness to export techno-engineering services to Angola.

He said that Iran enjoys technical knowhow for catalysts and exports them.

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