08 June 2004 07:52
Creation of Russian-Belarussian gas transport joint venture still
MINSK. June 8 (Interfax-West) - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail
Fradkov believes the creation of a joint gas transport enterprise
important - Fradkov
The contracts on gas supply signed by the Council of Ministers of
the Union of Russia and Belarus "will make it possible to solve the
problem of creating a joint venture taking into account mutual
involving Russia's Gazprom and Belarus's Beltransgaz is still important.
interests," Fradkov said after the council meeting in Minsk.
Belarussian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky, for his part, said the governments of the two countries are expecting
Gazprom and Beltransgaz to make further steps towards creating a joint venture.
When asked to comment on the statements made by the prime ministers of Russia and Belarus on the possibility of
setting up a joint venture, Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said "negotiations will continue." [RU EEU
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