Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 36

6-Sep-2010

IRAN

Iran Looks To Increase Gas Imports From Azerbaijan

Javad Owji, Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), announced that an Iranian delegation will visit Azerbaijan at the end of Ramadan (after September 10) to begin negotiations for an expansion of gas imports by Iran. The latter has been receiving up to 1.2-1.5mn cmd of Azeri gas in return for Iranian supplies to the autonomous Azeri republic of Nakhchivan, under a...