Gazprom has announced that its headquarters hosted a working meeting between Mr Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Mr Kenichiro Ushino President of Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc.

The parties discussed the issues of possible cooperation when implementing Gazprom large scale projects in Eastern Russia, including the project for the Sakhalin Khabarovsk Vladivostok gas transmission system construction.