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Iran says will lose nothing if Japan withdraws from Azadegan deal
Tehran, Dec 15, IRNA -- Government spokesman Abdollah Ramezanzadeh
said here on Monday that Iran will lose nothing if Japan pulls out of
the lucrative deal that it has been offered to develop Iran`s giant
oil field of Azadegan.
Ramezanzadeh, addressing his weekly press conference, said Iran
does not place too much emphasis on Japanese corporations undertaking
the development of Azadegan project, adding that Iran is also looking
for certain concessions regarding the development of the field.
"We will not be the loser regarding the issue (of Azadegan
project) considering the new international conditions," he said.
Ramezanzadeh`s comments follow reports on Sunday that Japan`s
Tomen Corp has decided to withdraw from a deal of 2.8 billion dollars
to develop Azadegan oilfield just a day before a deadline that Iran
set for Japan to decide over the project was due.
The Asahi Shimbun daily said on its website that Tomen has decided
to pull out of a consortium that was formed to develop Azadegan
oilfield, stressing that this might undermine the future of the talks
over the project.
Kyodo news agency on Friday highlighted remarks by officials with
the consortium that the talks between Iran and Japan on Azadegan
project might end in failure, unless the Iranian government makes a
concession.
The news agency also quoted the officials as saying that
differences over contract terms remain wide.
However, officials with Japan`s Foreign Ministry as well as the
consortium earlier Monday stressed that Tokyo is still in talks with
Tehran over Azadegan deal.
Iran had given preferential negotiation rights to the consortium
-- which also comprises Inpex Corp and Japan Petroleum Exploration
Company (JAPEX) -- during President Mohammad Khatami`s visit to Japan
in 2000 to develop Azadegan -- Iran`s biggest oil field.
However, the consortium has so far failed to sign an agreement
with Iran over the issue and it has apparently decided under US
pressure to withdraw from the lucrative deal.
The deadline for an Iran-Japan deal over Azadegan expired at the
end of June.
Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh in September said that Iran has
cancelled Japan`s preferential rights of Japan to develop Azadegan
oilfield after the deadline for the consortium was over.
This was followed by later announcements that Iran would hold a
limited tender for the development of the field.
Meanwhile, Kyodo news agency last Sunday reported that Iran has
sent an official letter to the consortium that it had set December
15, today, as a deadline for the Japanese consortium to announce
whether they would participate in an international tender over the
project.
AA/AH/210
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http://www.irna.ir/#2003_12_1519_34_163
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