Presidents of Trinidad and Tobago, Bolivia, and Peru will visit Iran to participate in the 3rd Conference of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), said Deputy Oil Minister for International and Commercial Affairs Amir-Hossein Zamaninia on Saturday.
Zamaninia said that Trinidad and Tobago and Bolivia will take part in the event as main members of the GECF and Peru as an observer state in the 3rd Conference of Gas Exporting Countries Forum.
The 3rd Summit Conference of the GECF is scheduled to be held in Tehran in late November, 2015.
The deputy oil minister said that Holland will be the second observer country to participate in the GECF Tehran Summit.
This while the Public Relations Office of the Oil Ministry has announced that thus far invitation letters have been sent to ten gas exporting countries and the invitations of the rest will be forwarded in the course of the upcoming week.
The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) is a gathering of the world’s leading gas producers which was set up as international governmental organization with the objective to increase the level of coordination and strengthen the collaboration among Member countries.
The Member countries of the Forum are: Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela. Iraq, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Norway, Oman and Peru have the status of Observer Members.
With the current number of Members the GECF has a strong position on the world gas market and among international energy organizations. Its potential rests on the enormous natural gas reserves of the Member Countries all together accumulating 67% of the world proven natural gas reserves.
The GECF member countries in October, 2013 elected Seyyed Mohammad Adeli from Iran as their second secretary general. Adeli is the first Iranian citizen who has become the top official of such an important international economic forum.