"Iran has the capability to export $15bln of technical and engineering services to the NAM member states," Faramarz Moftakhar, the vice-chairman of the Association's board of directors said Saturday.
He added that over 200 state and private sector companies active in the field of technical and engineering services are prepared to implement different projects, including dam and power plant construction, in different parts of Asia and Africa.
Late in August, Iran concluded agreements with several NAM member states on further cooperation in the oil and gas sectors, including building small refineries in Africa.
Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi held separate meetings with economic officials from Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Venezuela, Angola, Nigeria, Kuwait, Iraq, Libya, India and a number of the other Asian and African states on the sidelines of the weeklong NAM summit here in Tehran to discuss expansion and consolidation of economic cooperation.
The Iranian minister and the officials of the abovementioned countries discussed construction of small refineries in a number of African states, export of Iran-made oil industry parts and export of technical and engineering services in the strategic oil sector.
The 16th NAM summit was held in the Iranian capital, Tehran, from August 26 to 31. At the Tehran summit, Iran received the presidency of the grouping.
NAM, which is comprised of some 120 member and 17 observer states, is an international organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. NAM is the largest grouping of countries outside of the United Nations.
During the 6 days of the conference, the Iranian officials held meetings with the heads of state and important leaders of different countries attending the conference on different regional and international issues as well as the bilateral relations.
NAM member states represent nearly two-thirds of the United Nations' members and comprise 55% of the world population, particularly countries considered to be developing or part of the Third World.
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The Association of Exporters of Technical and Engineering Services of Iran said Tehran can export 15 billion dollars worth of technical services to the Non-Aligned Movement member states.
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