Japanese Eye Energy Cooperation with Iran

TEHRAN (FNA) - Japanese corporations will be heading Iran soon in a bid to increase energy cooperation.

Iranian Oil Minister Deputy for International Affairs, Hossein Noqrekar Shirazi, told ISNA on Saturday that Japanese delegation will travel to Iran in next two months for talks on optimizing energy system.

Iran and Japan will have more expanded cooperation in up-stream and down-stream oil industries, the Iranian students news agency quoted him as saying.

Japanese companies are eager to take part in Iranian oil projects, he said and continued, the companies had not held talks with Tehran previously because of the pressures imposed on them for cooperation with Iran.
Hossein Noqrekar Shirazi