Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji said on Tuesday that Iran has signed agreements with Venezuela for overhauling the oil and gas refineries of the Latin American country.
Owji made the remarks speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a Summit of the heads of states of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in Doha, Qatar.
“Fortunately, we signed memoranda of understandings with some GECF member states,” the minister said, referring to signing MoUs for the development of oil and gas fields in Venezuela, for instance.
He also said that Iran and Venezuela have signed other MoUs for overhauling the Venezuelan oil and gas refineries and transferring the knowhow and exports of technical and engineering services to the country.
Owji, who is accompanying President Raeisi in his visit to the Qatari capital, said that Iran is also scheduled to sign some more documents with a number of other GECF member-states later today.
A total of 14 cooperation documents were signed between Iran and Qatar in Doha on Monday including a deal on cancelling visa requirements for passengers travelling between the two countries.
The documents were signed by Iranian ministers of Foreign Affairs, Petroleum, Road and Urban Development, Cultural Heritage, and Energy with their Qatari counterparts on the sidelines of a meeting etween Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
The documents signed between the two sides covered different areas of cooperation, including, trade, sea and air transportation, visa cancellation, standard, electricity, culture and education.