Sputnik News- Representatives of Russian oil companies will visit Iran next week, Iranian Deputy Minister of Petroleum for International Affairs and Trading Amir-Hossein Zamaninia said Sunday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) � The directors of Russian Gazprom, Tatneft, LUKoil, Zarubezhneft will meet with the representatives of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Zamaninia told the Shana news agency.

Russian businesspeople and their Iranian counterparts will discuss the already signed Memorandum of Understanding, proceeding to binding agreements, Zamaninia added. The Iranian deputy minister specified that the meeting of the Iran-Russia Joint Economic Cooperation Commission would be held in Tehran on December 13.