Azerbaijan , Baku, Feb. 26 / Trend, A.Yusifzade /
Iran has begun negotiations with two countries to export gasoline and gas oil from the next Iranian year (starting March 21, 2011), Moj reported quoting Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Alireza Zeighami as saying.
He did not inform which countries participated in talks.
Earlier Zeighami said that the country had begun marketing plans for the imminent exports of its gasoline.
Zeighami said that neighboring countries were Iran's top priorities.
The National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) has issued a permit for the export of one billion liters of gasoline, Zeighami said.
Zeighami expressed hope that four shipments of Iran's gasoline would be dispatched by March 20, 2011.
Commenting on the potential markets for the export of the Iranian gasoline, he said negotiations were underway for the exports of various oil products to neighboring states, including Iraq.
The Oil Ministry also sought to export other oil products such as diesel, kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas, he added.
In September, Iran said that it started exporting gasoline.
"The first shipment of Iran's gasoline has been exported," Ali Asghar Arshi, manager of international affairs at the National Iranian Oil Company, said without specifying which country had bought Iran's first gasoline shipment.
The United States, European Union and some other Western countries have approved sanctions on some forms of energy exports to Iran to make the country halt its sensitive nuclear program.
