TEHRAN – National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) plans to start exporting natural gas to the Iraqi city of Basra in near future, ISNA reported on Sunday quoting an NIGC official as saying.

According to Mohammadreza Qodsizadeh, the planning director of NIGC, the country’s annual gas exports will also reach 68 billion cubic meters soon.

Iraq, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Armenia are among the neighboring countries with which Iran has signed agreements regarding gas exports, imports, swap and exchanging gas with electricity.

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