Russia and Iran Sign a Protocol on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation - 19 March, 2003

Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Namdar Zanganeh and Russian Property Minister Farid Gazizulin have signed a protocol on co-operation in the trade, economic, scientific and technological spheres.

The document provides for the realisation of joint projects in the oil, gas, banking, industrial, aviation, space, petroleum-chemical and educational spheres and also in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

The signing of this protocol was the concluding stage of the work of the fourth session of the joint commission for trade and economic co-operation between Russia and Iran.

Farid Gazizulin stays in Teheran as the chairman of the Russian part of the joint commission for trade and economic co-operation.