In an interview with Shana, Hadi Beiginejad referred to the tripartite agreement on gas swaps between Iran, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Azerbaijan, and said: "The signing of this agreement showed that we must have the will to do some things. The Ministry of Petroleum showed strong will to have such agreements.”

He added: "This agreement will be both economically beneficial for us and will help strengthen friendly relations with neighboring countries, although economic relations with neighbors should be further developed."