OREANDA-NEWS. Gazprom and Japan’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy have conducted today the 1st meeting of the Joint Coordinating Committee, moderated on behalf of the Russian side by Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee.

The parties formulated the organizational mechanism for joint activities and identified cooperation priorities for 2007, in the sci-tech sector inclusive.

At the end of the meeting the parties signed a relevant Protocol.