SHANA - Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh is scheduled to leave Tehran for Turkmenistan to engage in energy talks with Turkmen officials.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a ceremony to sign an upstream contract between National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and the Pasargad Energy Development Company for developing Iran�s Jofeir and Sepehr oilfields on Sunday, Mr. Zangeneh said he is scheduled to leave Tehran for Ashgabat on Monday to initiate a new round of energy talks with Turkmen officials.

�We are prepared for serious talks with Turkmenistan in a diplomatic framework towards expansion of relations,� said the official.