The new president of OPEC traveled to Tehran to discuss the Strait of Hormuz and its importance, Pana news reported.

Abdul-Kareem Luaibi, Iraq‘ oil minister and newly elected head of OPEC, traveled to Iran on Saturday to meet with officials from the country‘s oil ministry. Before his trip, Luaibi had told reporters that he wanted to encourage his Iranian friends to assure the world that everyone wishes to safeguard the production and export of oil in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf.