OREANDA-NEWS. July 16, 2008. The Gazprom Headquarters hosted today the first working meeting between Alexey Miller, the Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Serik Burkitbayev, the new President of the KazMunaiGaz National Company.

The parties emphasized the efficiency of cooperation between Gazprom and the KazMunaiGaz National Company and expressed theit confidence in further strengthening of the bilateral relations.

The meeting underlined the importance of the joint projects implementation along the entire value chain. The parties discussed the progress in creating a joint venture based on the Orenburg Gas Processing Plant.

The special attention was paid to conducting a joint marketing policy through the united export channel provided by the Russian-Kazakhstan joint venture KazRosGaz. The performance of KazRosGaz was evaluated positively, the requirement was declared to further develop the company.

The meeting also addressed a set of measures aimed at expansion and modernization of the Central Asia – Center gas trunkline system.