Ecuador's Minister of Mines and Petroleum Galo Chiriboga Zambrano on Saturday called for Iran-Ecuador petrochemical, gas and oil cooperation. He told IRNA in Assalouyeh that his country seizes all opportunities to promote cooperation with the Iranian oil companies. He said that his country is keen on further cooperation with Iran. The Ecuadorian mines minister hoped that the two sides will develop technical and educational cooperation in oil sector. Referring to his meeting with Iranian Oil Minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari during OPEC meeting in Vienna, he said that Ecuador is determined to ink an agreement on oil with Iran. The Ecuadorian minister of mines along with his deputies visited several refineries and petrochemical complexes in the Assalouyeh region.