Sheikholeslam said that a wide range of pressing international issues will be on the summit's agenda.
"We believe that this will be a landmark event, where participants will discuss a spate of challenges pertaining to the oil and gas sector," Sheikholeslam said.
He added that high on the agenda will be the problem of the ever-increasing daily consumption of gas and oil around the world.
He touted the Gas Exporting Countries Forum as "a rather successful union, which will further develop so as to resolve the world's fuel supply-related problems."
The interview came as Russian President Vladimir Putin met Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the run-up to Putin's participation in the GECF summit.
Established in 2001, the GECF is an intergovernmental organization comprising eleven leading natural gas producers, including Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. As for Russia, Iran and Qatar, they are seen as the largest reserve-holders in the GECF and jointly hold about 57 percent of global gas reserves.
