He said Quran activists from the member states of the GECF will take part in the international Quranic event.
He did not say when the exact date of the international competition will be or which Iranian city will host it.
The GECF, also known as Gas OPEC, is an intergovernmental organization of 11 of the world’s leading natural gas producers.
Its members are Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.
GECF members together control over 70 percent of the world’s natural gas reserves, 38 percent of the pipeline trade and 85 percent of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) production.