VOL. XXXIV

NO. 3

22-OCTOBER-1990

Iran

Iran and USSR Pursue Gas Export Project to East Europe

Following the meeting of the Joint Iran-Soviet Economic Commission, held inBaku last week, and headed by Mr. Mohsen Nourbakhsh, the Iranian Minister ofEconomy and Finance, and Mr. Nikolai Konarev, the Soviet Minister of Railways,the two countries decided to proceed with plans for the export of Iraniannatural gas to Eastern Europe via the Soviet Union. "It was decided thatthe project be pursued vigorously...