2015 GECF summit 3rd GECF summit | |
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Host country | Iran |
Date | 22–23 November 2015 |
Venue(s) | Ejlas Saran Hall |
Cities | Chamran Expressway, Tehran |
Participants | GECF |
Chair | Mohammad-Hossein Adeli |
Follows | 2nd GECF summit |
Precedes | 4th GECF summit |
Website | Third GECF Gas Summit |
The 3rd GECF summit was a biennial Gas Exporting Countries Forum summit, an international relations conference attended by the heads of state or heads of government of most member states of the GECF. The summit was held in Tehran, Iran, the first time the city has hosted the summit. Iran assumed the chair of the GECF from Russia on 1 January 2014.
Background
The summit was announced during the first meeting of the High-Level Ad Hoc Group for the 3rd Gas Summit on 20 May 2015. The group also discussed the draft summit declaration and other issues.
Participating leaders
Full members:
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Iran
Hassan Rouhani, President (Host) -
Algeria
Abdelmalek Sellal, Prime Minister -
Bolivia
Evo Morales, President -
Egypt
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President -
Equatorial Guinea
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President -
Libya
Mohammed al-Dairi, Minister of Foreign Affairs -
Nigeria
Muhammadu Buhari, President -
Qatar
Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry -
Russia
Vladimir Putin, President -
Trinidad and Tobago
Keith Rowley, Prime Minister -
United Arab Emirates
Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister -
Venezuela
Nicolás Maduro, President
Observer members:
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Iraq
Fuad Masum, President -
Kazakhstan
Karim Massimov, Prime Minister -
Netherlands
Henk Kamp, Minister of Economic Affairs -
Norway
Tord Lien, Minister of Petroleum and Energy -
Oman
Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs -
Peru
Marisol Espinoza, Vice President
Special Guest:
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Azerbaijan
Ilham Aliyev, President -
Turkmenistan
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President -
European Union
Federica Mogherini, High Representative -
OPEC
Abdallah Salem el-Badri, Secretary General
Final communique
The final communique underscored the need for stronger cooperation, including the transfer of expertise and pricing mechanisms. It also called for cooperation in the security of natural gas supplies to the global markets. It further objected to the application of extraterritorial laws, regulations and economic sanctions within the sector against the GECF member states.
Bilateral meetings
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The two discussed "issues in bilateral relations, including atomic energy, oil and gas, and military-technical cooperation," according to his Putin's foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov. Putin also met Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
References
- "Third GECF Gas Summit | GECF". gecf.org. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
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