Iran’s Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian and Algerian Energy Minister Salah Khebri in Algiers on Monday underlined importance of mutual cooperation, including cooperation in water and electricity sectors.
Iranian ambassador to Algeria Reza Ameri, members of Iranian delegation and directors of various departments in Algerian Energy Ministry were present in the meeting.
The Algerian minister welcomed an Iranian proposal for Iran-Algerian information sharing.
Iranian minister will meet a number of top Algerian officials in addition to President Bouteflika.
Gas Exporting Countries Forum controls over 70 percent of world gas reserves.
The third summit of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Heads of State will be held in the Iranian capital of Tehran on November 23.
The Gas Summit is a meeting of heads of states and governments of GECF member countries. It is an opportunity for heads of states to interact and exchange views.
In the ninth ministerial meeting in December 2009, the vice-president of Russian energy engineering and construction company Stroytransgaz Leonid Bokhanovsky was elected as Secretary-General. He was re-elected at the thirteenth ministerial meeting in December 2011. In 2013, GECF ministers elected Iran’s candidate Mohammad-Hossein Adeli, a former head of central bank and diplomat, as the new Secretary-General of the forum for the next two years.
Source: IRNA- Date: (30 June 2015)