"Trade needs to use national currencies to limit the impact of the dollar on the trade and economies of the three countries," the Tehran Times newspaper quoted him as saying following the meeting.

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh said that many issues were discussed during the tripartite meeting, which was precipitated by the impending Syrian offensive in Idlib, but that the issue of using local currencies was raised during talks.

"We have decided to continue working [in the background] with the President of the Russian Central Bank in Moscow," Hemmati saying.

Global trade in oil and petroleum products in dollar denominated.

On Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin were hosted by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran to discuss the situation in Syria.

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