After expressing "interest" in the Russian plan, an Iranian delegation went to Moscow on the 20th to discuss the plan in detail with Russia. On the same day, a delegation led by Foreign Minister Mottaki personally arrived at the EU for a visit. Attacking from both sides provides a new opportunity for diplomatic settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue.

In the direct impact of the suicide bombing at the huge Abqaiq oil processing plant in Saudi Arabia, NYMEX March crude oil futures rose by about $2 on Friday to close at $62.91.

Crude oil futures prices rebounded this week and basically showed a trend of range oscillation. Due to the impact of inventory factors, the rebound in futures prices has been suppressed to a certain extent. However, the attack on the Saudi refinery on Friday prompted futures prices to rise sharply, indicating that the market is still very concerned about oil security factors.

According to the Bahrain Tribune on March 22: In 2008, Bahrain will receive direct natural gas supplies from Qatar as part of the "Dolphin Project", an official from the Ras Laffan Industrial City told the Bahrain Tribune yesterday.

The energy ministers of Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela recently confirmed in Caracas the construction project of the Southern Natural Gas Pipeline, the largest energy project in South America. The entire project is expected to invest US$20 billion, with a planned gas transmission capacity of 150 million cubic meters per day, and will be completed in 2012.

The Fourth World Water Forum is being held in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. The water crisis has become one of the issues of greatest concern to countries around the world. Let’s put the water crisis into perspective with these different numbers.

A few days ago, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued tough instructions on Iran's nuclear issue, stating that Iran's nuclear path is "irreversible" and that any concession will endanger Iran's independence.

As World Water Day is approaching, UNESCO released the "World Water Resources Development Report" on the 13th, pointing out that global water consumption increased six times in the 20th century, and its growth rate was twice the population growth rate.