01 June 2004 08:57
AMBASSADOR: U.S. NEEDS SIBERIA-MURMANSK OIL PIPELINE
Vershbow said the proposed pipeline would give the United States
access to Siberian oil and that it was not important for his country
whether the pipeline would be built by Russian state or private
MURMANSK. May 31 (Interfax-Northwest) - U.S. companies may invest in a proposed oil pipeline to run from western
Siberia to Murmansk if the Russian government supports such a project, U.S. Ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow told
a news conference in Murmansk on Monday.
companies.
Vershbow arrived in Murmansk to take part in an international roundtable discussion on interaction between Russia and
NATO countries in the Barents Sea region.
[Interfax] |
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