TEHRAN – Lebanon is interested in buying fuel oil and gas oil from Iran, Iranian Deputy Oil Minister for International Affairs and Trading Amirhossein Zamaninia was quoted by Shana as saying on Tuesday.

According to Shana, Zamaninia made the remarks on the sidelines of Lebanese Minister of Industry Hussein al-Haj Hassan’s visit to Tehran and his meeting with Iran’s oil minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh.

In his meeting with Hassan, Zanganeh noted that Iran is willing to cooperate with Lebanon in various fields, one of which could be oil and gas.

According to Tasnim news agency, the Lebanese minister visited Iran heading a 70-member high-ranking trade delegation to attend Iran-Lebanon Joint Economic Committee meeting in Tehran.

Iran-Lebanon Joint Economic Committee was launched in Iranian calendar year of 1391 (March 2012-March 2013) and has so far held six rounds of meetings.

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