3rd GECF Summit Kicks Off in Tehran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Third Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Summit opened here in Tehran on Monday with the heads of several member states in attendance.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani welcomed the heads of seven countries and a prime minister who have come to Iran to take part in the Gas Summit.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Bolivian President Evo Morales, Iraqi President Fuad Masum, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, and the President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, as well as Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal are present in the GECF Summit.
The Gas Summit is a meeting of GECF member countries’ heads of state and government. It is an opportunity for the heads of state to interact and exchange views.
Discussing the GECF Global Gas Model and the long-term gas strategy are among the main priorities in the Forum’s agenda.
The Summit affords GECF member states the opportunity to discuss at the highest level developments, trends, and policies on energy in general and gas in particular and also to reaffirm their continued support to the objectives of the Forum.
The forum, founded in 2001, unites leading natural gas exporting countries and coordinates cooperation between its member states.
Iran, Russia, Algeria, the UAE, Venezuela, Qatar, Egypt, Bolivia, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, and Trinidad and Tobago are the members of the forum and the Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Peru, Iraq, Oman, and Norway hold observer status.