OREANDA-NEWS. April 17, 2009. A Gazprom delegation, led by Valery Golubev, Deputy Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee, paid today a working visit to the Kyrgyz Republic. As part of the visit Valery Golubev met with Igor Chudinov, Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic and Tursun Turdumambetov, Chairman of the Kyrgyz State Property Committee.

The parties addressed the issues of cooperation deepening in the oil and gas sector, stressing in particular the join efforts in exploration and production of hydrocarbons, development of wholesale and retail markets of petroleum products in the Republic as well as transportation and distribution of natural gas in Kyrgyzia.

Special attention was placed on the terms & conditions and forms of Gazprom’s participation in the privatization of Kyrgyzstan’s natural gas and oil infrastructure.

The meeting participants confirmed their interest in further promoting the mutually beneficial long-standing partnership between Gazprom and Kyrgyzia across the entire spectrum of the bilateral cooperation.