The News Agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran reported on Saturday, May 20, 2012, that the Minister of Oil, Javad Oji, has agreed to revive the project to expand the Iranian gas pumping pipeline to the Sultanate of Oman after a two-decade hiatus.
Iran has one of the largest gas reserves in the world, and the Sultanate of Oman seeks to benefit from it in the hope of feeding the energy industry and liquefied natural gas export plants.
The Iranian news agency, in turn, said: “The agreement to revive this project was reached during Oji’s visit to the Sultanate before the official visit of Iranian President Ebrahim Ra’isi to this country on Monday.”
In 2013, the two countries signed a contract worth $ 60 billion over 25 years, according to which Iran will supply Oman gas through the submarine pipeline, and in 2016, the two countries will try to renew this project. کردن.
For its part, Iran had already said in 2017 that it had reached an agreement with Oman to divert a pipeline planned to avoid UAE-controlled waters.
The project was later postponed due to price differences and US pressure on Oman to find other suppliers, then the US withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal between world powers and Iran, and in 2018 re-imposed sanctions on Tehran. .
Tehran and Washington have also held indirect talks in Vienna over the past year to revive the nuclear deal that led to the lifting of sanctions, but talks have stalled.
In this regard, Al-Jazeera television said on Saturday that the Qatari foreign minister said that the Iranian leadership had expressed its readiness to accept a compromise on the “Iran nuclear case”, referring to the talks to revive the agreement signed between Iran and the world. Power in 2015
According to Tasnim News Agency, a semi-official Iranian news agency, however, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the remarks of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei were misinterpreted or intentionally misused for propaganda purposes.
Al Jazeera television, meanwhile, quoted Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman al-Thani as saying that reaching a compromise solution would support stability in the Persian Gulf region and oil markets.
The Minister of Oil added: “Pumping more Iranian oil to the markets will help stabilize the price of crude oil and reduce inflation.”
But Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Tasnim News Agency: “The Supreme Leader did not comment on the compromise, but told the Emir of Qatar: We always say that negotiations are fruitful and time is not wasted, Americans.” “Know what to do about it.”
Khatibzadeh added: “It is clear from the content of the Supreme Leader’s statements that (he meant that) the ball is in the American court, which must make a wise political decision to fulfill its obligations.”
The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, on Friday expressed optimism about the chances of reaching an agreement between the United States and Iran, and expressed his readiness to help. Sheikh Tamim had met with Khamenei during a visit to Iran in early May 2012.
Source: Lebanon Debate
