伊朗和印度石油部長將舉行會晤

Iran's oil minister is visiting India in an effort to revive Iran's crude oil sales to the South Asian nation.

Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi met Monday with his Indian counterpart Veerappa Moily. The two discussed several possible solutions to Iran's dwindling oil sales, including Iran's offer of insurance to Indian refiners that say they cannot continue insurance coverage of plants that process Iranian crude because of U. S. and European Union sanctions on Iranian oil.

Analysts say Tehran's offer would not be a viable solution to insurance problem because Iranian insurance companies are also under sanctions.

The Western sanctions, aimed at forcing Iran to curb its nuclear program, have greatly reduced Iran's crude oil exports, costing the country billions of dollars in revenue.伊朗石油部長訪問印度，爭取恢復伊朗向這個南亞大國的原油出口。

伊朗石油部長羅斯塔姆.卡塞米星期一會晤了印度石油部長韋拉帕 莫伊利，雙方討論瞭解決伊朗石油銷售下降的問題，包括伊朗向印度煉油廠提供保險。印度煉油企業說，由於美國和歐盟對伊朗石油實行制裁，它們無法繼續爲那些加工伊朗原油的廠家提供保證金。

分析人士說，德黑蘭的做法不會成爲解決保險問題的可行性方案，因爲伊朗的保險公司也受到制裁。

西方旨在迫使伊朗取消其核項目的制裁大大減少了伊朗的原油出口，給這個國家造成嚴重的財政損失。