Baku, Azerbaijan, May 8
By Fatih Karimov - Trend:
Iran and Netherlands discussed oil cooperation at the last day of The 21st Tehran Oil Show May 8, Tasnim news agency reported.
Iran's deputy oil minister for International Affairs, Amir Hossein Zamaninia and Minister of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands, Henk Kamp met on the sidelines of the event which was opened in Tehran on May 5.
The two sides discussed expansion of cooperation in oil industry, preparing grounds for presence of Dutch firms in Iran's oil market, and cooperation between the private sectors of the two countries in the field of technology transfer.
The Issue of Iran's oil and gas exports to the Europe also was on the agenda of the talks.
Heading a high-ranking economic delegation, Kamp arrived in Tehran early May 8. He is scheduled to hold talks with Iranian officials on promotion of mutual cooperation between the two countries.
This is Kamp's second visit to Tehran following the historic nuclear deal between Tehran and the P5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) last July, which took effect on January 16.
Several cooperation documents in the fields of oil and energy are expected to be signed between Iran and Netherlands on the sidelines of 21st International Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition.