TEHRAN - Iran formally declared its readiness to host the secretariat of the proposed Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), Iran’s OPEC governor said here on Friday.

Mohammad-Ali Khatibi named Egypt, Russia, Qatar and Algeria as other volunteers for hosting the GECF secretariat and added, “Iran, Qatar and Egypt have formally written their request but Algeria and Russia have yet to formally declare their readiness,” PIN reported.
“Choosing the secretariat host may be discussed in the forum’s next meeting which will be held on October 8-9 but the final decision about the GECF’s secretariat host and the forum’s charter will be made on the ministerial meeting that will be held on November 18 in Moscow,” he explained.
The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) is an organization of the world’s leading gas producers, which was established in Tehran in 2001.
Algeria, Bolivia, Brunei, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad & Tobago, the UAE and Venezuela could be identified as Forum’s current members while Turkmenistan, Bolivia, Indonesia, Libya and Oman have participated at different ministerial meetings. Norway also has the status of observer