Third GECF summit
{{Infobox summit meeting
| name = 2015 GECF summit
| other_titles = 3rd GECF summit
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| country = Iran
| date = 22–23 November 2015
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| venues = Ejlas Saran Hall
| cities = Chamran Expressway, Tehran
| participants = GECF
| chairperson = Mohammad-Hossein Adeli
| follows = 2nd GECF summit
| precedes = 4th GECF summit
| website = [http://www.gecf.org/events/third-gecf-gas-summit Third GECF Gas Summit]
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The 3rd GECF summit was a biennial Gas Exporting Countries Forum summit, an international relations conference attended by the heads of state or heads of government of most member states of the GECF. The summit was held in Tehran, Iran, the first time the city has hosted the summit. Iran assumed the chair of the GECF from Russia on 1 January 2014.
Background
The summit was announced during the first meeting of the High-Level Ad Hoc Group for the 3rd Gas Summit on 20 May 2015. The group also discussed the draft summit declaration and other issues.{{cite web|url=http://www.gecf.org/events/third-gecf-gas-summit|title=Third GECF Gas Summit | GECF|publisher=gecf.org|accessdate=2015-11-24}}
Participating leaders
Full members:{{cn|date=June 2021}}
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Hassan Rouhani, President (Host)
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Abdelmalek Sellal, Prime Minister
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Evo Morales, President
File:Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.jpg|{{EGY}}
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President
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Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President
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Mohammed al-Dairi, Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Muhammadu Buhari, President
File:Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada.jpg|{{QAT}}
Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry
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Vladimir Putin, President
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Keith Rowley, Prime Minister
File:Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan.jpg|{{UAE}}
Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister
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Nicolás Maduro, President
Observer members:
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Fuad Masum, President
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Karim Massimov, Prime Minister
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Henk Kamp, Minister of Economic Affairs
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Tord Lien, Minister of Petroleum and Energy
File:Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah.jpg|{{OMA}}
Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Marisol Espinoza, Vice President
Special Guest:
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Ilham Aliyev, President[http://www.ion.ir/News/25733.html شمار سران شرکت کننده در اجلاس اوپک گازی به 10 نفر رسید]
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Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President
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Federica Mogherini, High Representative
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Abdallah Salem el-Badri, Secretary General
Final communique
The final communique underscored the need for stronger cooperation, including the transfer of expertise and pricing mechanisms. It also called for cooperation in the security of natural gas supplies to the global markets. It further objected to the application of extraterritorial laws, regulations and economic sanctions within the sector against the GECF member states.{{cn|date=June 2021}}
Bilateral meetings
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Russian President Vladimir Putin met Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The two discussed "issues in bilateral relations, including atomic energy, oil and gas, and military-technical cooperation," according to his Putin's foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov. Putin also met Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.{{cn|date=June 2021}}
File:Third GECF summit in Tehran 32.jpg speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the summit]]
