Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 29

19-Jul-2010

IRAN

Russia And Iran Agree On Energy Cooperation Road Map

Russias Minister of Energy Sergei Shmatko and Iranian Minister of Petroleum Masoud Mirkazemi on 14 July signed in Moscow a strategic energy cooperation road map agreement, which has been under negotiation since a Russian delegation visited Tehran in August 2008. The move comes a few weeks after the US and the EU agreed sanctions that include measures to target Iranian fuel imports (...