TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) � Iranian Economy Minister, Ali Tayyebnia, left Tehran for Vienna on Wednesday, to attend the 37th session of the Ministerial Council of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) to be opened on Thursday.

Heading a senior delegation, Iranian Economy Minister, Ali Tayebnia, left Tehran on Wednesday to sit the 37th session of the Ministerial Council of the OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) Fund for International Development (OFID), which is scheduled to open on Thursday in Vienna.

The meeting coincides with the 40th anniversary of OFID, which was established at the first summit of OPEC, held in Algiers in 1975.

In addition to his main mission, during the two-day stay in Vienna, Tayebnia will have bilateral meetings with some of his counterparts of other member states to discuss the current global economic and financial situation.

By Mehr News Agency