Iran to export diesel to Iraq

June 23rd, 2011 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS  

Tehran, June 22 (IANS) Iran will export 1.5 million liters of diesel oil to Iraq daily, Xinhua reported Wednesday.

Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Ali-Reza Zeighami said both countries have signed a one-year contract in this regard.

Zeighami, who is the general manager of Iran’s National Company of Refining and Distributing Oil Products, said that Iran was ready to meet the long-term needs of Iraqi power plants for diesel oil.

Negotiations are currently on to double Iran’s diesel oil exports to Iraq to three million liters daily, he said in Baghdad.

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