Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 12
By Fatih Karimov – Trend:
Iranian and Swedish companies can cooperate in optimization of energy consumption in various sectors, Iran’s oil minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, said.
He made the remarks during a meeting with Sweden's Minister of EU Affairs and Trade Ann Linde in Tehran, SHANA news agency reported Feb. 12.
Zanganeh said that Iran welcomes Swedish firms’ participation in projects for decreasing flaring gas and increasing energy efficiency in oil industry.
The two parties also can cooperate in projects concerning reduction emission of greenhouse gases, he added.
He further referred to the cooperation of Sweden's automotive company, Scania with Iran's Mammut in production of heavy trucks and buses which began after a Swedish delegation visited Tehran a year ago, saying that the Iranian oil ministry has signed a deal to support manufacturing trucks in Iran which includes cooperation of Mammut and Scania.
"We also offered the Swedish companies to work with Iranian counterparts to produce gas-powered buses used for urban transportation,” Zanganeh told reporters.
While heading a senior economic delegation, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven arrived in Tehran on Feb. 10 for an official three-day visit.
As part of the delegation, directors of Swedish well-known companies such as Scania, Ericsson, Elekta, Volvo, ABB, Sensys Gatso Group, Danske Bank, financial agency of EKN, Swedish Energy Agency, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority and IF Metal are accompanying the prime minister during his visit.
Iranian and Swedish officials signed five memorandums of understanding (MoUs) on the sidelines of a meeting between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Stefan Löfven.
The signed documents include cooperation in new technologies, higher education and research, road transport, ICT and women empowerment and family affairs.
