RNA - "The staunch enemies of Muslims are attempting to influence them to increase the differences and the Islamic countries are required to prevent further differences," Larijani said in a meeting with his Omani counterpart Khalid Hilal Nasser al-Mamouli in Tehran on Monday.
Elsewhere, he underlined the necessity for the further expansion of economic and trade ties between Tehran and Masqat, calling for more efforts in this regard.
The Omani top lawmaker, for his part, stressed his country's determination to broaden economic relations with Iran, expressing the hope that the two countries could further develop cooperation in the energy sector.
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh announced in December that his ministry has signed an agreement with Oman that could take both countries closer to an ambitious project to jointly export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to international markets.
"I signed the agreement with Omani Oil Minister Mohammed bin Hamad al-Rumhi on the sidelines of last week’s meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)," Zangeneh said.
The Iranian oil minister reiterated that he expected it to expedite the preliminaries to start piping Iranian gas to Oman.
Iran has for long been discussing with Oman to produce LNG in its Qalhat liquefaction plant. The project involves piping gas from southern Iran to the Persian Gulf sultanate and liquefying it into LNG for shipments to international markets.
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