Third GECF summit

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. ==Participating leaders==

Full members: File:Hassan Rouhani.jpg|''''Hassan Rouhani, President (Host'') File:Abdelmalek Sellal 2014-08-05.jpg|''''''Abdelmalek Sellal, Prime Minister File:Evo Morales 2011.jpg|''''''Evo Morales, President File:Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.jpg|''''''Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President File:Teodoro Obiang.png|''''''Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President File:70. UN Generalversammlung (21797538816) Mohammed al-Dairi.jpg|''''''Mohammed al-Dairi, Minister of Foreign Affairs File:Muhammadu Buhari - Chatham House.jpg|''''''Muhammadu Buhari, President File:Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada.jpg|''''''Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry File:Vladimir Putin - 2012.jpg|''''''Vladimir Putin, President File:KeithRowley.jpg|''''''Keith Rowley, Prime Minister File:Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan.jpg|''''''Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister File:Maduro in 2015.jpg|''''''Nicolás Maduro, President Observer members: File:Fuad Masum 2014.jpg|''''''Fuad Masum, President File:Karim Massimov February 2015.jpg|''''''Karim Massimov, Prime Minister File:Henk Kamp 2015 (1).jpg|''''''Henk Kamp, Minister of Economic Affairs File:Tord Lien 8320.jpg|''''''Tord Lien, Minister of Petroleum and Energy File:Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah.jpg|''''''Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs File:Marisol Espinoza 2.jpg|''''''Marisol Espinoza, Vice President Special Guest: File:Ilham Aliyev par Claude Truong-Ngoc juin 2014.jpg|''''''Ilham Aliyev, President File:Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow 2012-09-11.jpg|''''''Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President File:Federica Mogherini Official.jpg|''''''Federica Mogherini, High Representative File:Abdallah Salem el-Badri.jpg|''''''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. ==Bilateral meetings==

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. speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the summit ==References==