OREANDA-NEWS. June 3, 2008. Led by Alexey Miller, Chairman of Gazprom’s Management Committee, a Gazprom delegation today paid a working visit to Turkmenistan. As part of the visit Alexey Miller met with Tachberdy Tagyev, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan.

The parties pointed to their full satisfaction with the operating results based on a long-term contract for gas purchases in Turkmenistan. A focus was placed on the state of implementation of the Pre-Caspian gas pipeline construction project. Discussion also centered on further deepening of bilateral cooperation in hydrocarbon production in Turkmenistan.

As Alexey Miller pointed out at the meeting, “Turkmenistan is a strategic and time-tested partner of Gazprom in providing energy security and gas supply reliability. A most close interaction between Gazprom and Turkmen gas companies is historically predetermined and will consistently evolve. It is absolutely obvious that Gazprom is the company capable of ensuring the best conditions for long-term mutually beneficial cooperation with Turkmenistan”.