Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Massoud Mazikian, on Tuesday, November 5, at a meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum hosted by Moscow. Pezhkhian attended the meeting after a brief meeting with Putin. The Assembly of Gas Exporting Countries has 12 members: Algeria, Bolivia, Venezuela, Egypt, Iran, Qatar, Libya, Nigeria, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, Equatorial Guinea and the United Arab Emirates. According to Russian officials, the member states of this forum have 70% of the world's proven gas reserves, 38% of the world's gas production and 42% of the world's gas exports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Massoud Mazikian, on Tuesday, November 5, at a meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum hosted by Moscow. Pezhkhian attended the meeting after a brief meeting with Putin. The Assembly of Gas Exporting Countries has 12 members: Algeria, Bolivia, Venezuela, Egypt, Iran, Qatar, Libya, Nigeria, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, Equatorial Guinea and the United Arab Emirates. According to Russian officials, the member states of this forum have 70% of the world's proven gas reserves, 38% of the world's gas production and 42% of the world's gas exports.