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Iran rejects objections to 'gas Opec'

Iran dismissed objections from big Western consumer nations to setting up an Opec-style gas body when officials from producer countries met in Tehran yesterday to discuss cooperation.

  • Reuters
  • Published: 21:29 April 28, 2008
  • Gulf News

Tehran: Iran dismissed objections from big Western consumer nations to setting up an Opec-style gas body when officials from producer countries met in Tehran on Monday to discuss cooperation.

The two-day meeting of deputy ministers and senior experts of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum was expected to debate a Russian proposal for a "charter" for the grouping, the website of Iran's Oil Ministry said.

Major gas exporters have met informally for several years within the informal club, widely seen as a talking shop.

Iran has been pushing for turning it into a more formal body for natural gas producers akin to the 13-member Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec).

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