Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, at the start of a two-day visit to this former Soviet republic, hailed the "huge potential" for cooperation between the two nations.
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Underscoring that partnership,
The two sides also "emphasized the necessity of developing mutual cooperation in different sectors of the oil-gas industry, creating an oil-refinery facility, developing oil and gas fields, and building an underground natural gas storage facility in Iran," according to a joint statement released after the two leaders met.
Lukashenko said the crude from Jofeir would be either be refined in Iran or simply extracted by Belarus and sold on world markets.
"Our specialists have researched (the field) and are prepared today to extract oil on Iranian territory," he said.
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