Gazprom delegation visits Turkmenistan
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Headed by Alexey Miller, Chairman of Gazprom Management Committee, a Gazprom delegation paid a working visit to Turkmenistan. As part of the visit Alexey Miller met with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov.
The parties emphasized the long-term nature of the Russian-Turkmen partnership in the gas sector. The discussion centered on the plans for strategic cooperation and the issues of interaction between Gazprom and Turkmenneftegaz over 2009 to 2010.
Russia and Turkmenistan entered into the 25-year Agreement of Cooperation in the Gas Industry on April 10, 2003. Under the Agreement, Gazprom export (Gazprom’s wholly owned subsidiary) and Turkmenneftegaz gas transmission company concluded a long-term contract to purchase and sell Turkmen natural gas throughout the period of the Agreement.