The Russian delegation would be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, Asadzadeh said, adding that senior officials, including the head of Russia’s central bank, would accompany Novak during his visit to Tehran.
He said that the delegation would hold meetings with Iranian officials to explore ways for expanding cooperation on trade of oil, gas and petrochemicals, as well as exports of engineering services, among other things.
The two sides are set to sign a number of documents during the Russian delegation’s visit that would take place concurrently with the 27th International Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition scheduled for May 17-20 in Tehran, the Iranian official said.
Meanwhile, according to a report released by the Iranian Oil Ministry on Monday, Oil Minister Javad Owji and Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak spoke on the phone the same day.
The two, who are also the heads of Iran-Russia Joint Economic Committee, discussed bilateral cooperation on banking, transit, oil, gas and petrochemical, the report said.
Oji and Novak discussed the upcoming visit by the Russian delegation as well, it added.
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