Iranian minister in Moscow for BRICS energy forum

Iran's Minister of Energy, Abbas Ali-Abadi is in Russia for the BRICS energy ministers’ forum.

News ID: 5151

Date: 25 September 2024 - 16:46

TABNAK, Sep, 25: BRICS energy ministers plan to meet on the sidelines of the 7th Russian Energy Week (REW) on Thursday in a bid to discuss ways to strengthen the BRICS role in the global energy dialogue.

Ali-Abadi is going to deliver a speech at the opening ceremony of this meeting, focusing on Iran’s national energy policy, the use of new technologies in the production of clean energy, and ways to develop technical-expert cooperation between the BRICS member countries.

He will hold separate meetings with his Russian counterpart Tsivilev Sergei and some high-ranking officials from BRICS countries’ energy ministries.

In 2006, Brazil, Russia, India, and China created the "BRIC" group. South Africa joined in 2010, making it "BRICS".

The group was designed to bring together the world's most important developing countries, to challenge the political and economic power of the wealthier nations of North America and Western Europe.

Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were invited to become members effective January 1, 2024.