He expressed astonishment at the meeting's high reception, saying potentialities of Iranian-Russian companies' cooperation are to be assessed in the meeting.
Also Deputy Minister of Petroleum for International Affairs and Trading Amir-Hossein Zamaninia said in the meeting that Iran-Russia economic and diplomatic relations are not balanced, so their economic relations need to expand.
Also referring to recent OPEC and non-OPEC session, Zamaninia said prior to the meeting, the two countries' investment capacity was something about eight billion dollars but after that the figure can reach 10 billion dollars.
The 13 OPEC states had in their November session agreed to cut output by 1.2 million to bring about equilibrium in the market and push up prices. Also the December 10 meeting of the OPEC and non-OPEC states agreed that along with other non-OPEC states, Russia will cut its production by 560,000 to 600,000 barrels. Russia's share in the bulk has been specified at 300,000 barrels per day.