The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Mr Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Company Management Committee and Mr Kim Yong Jae, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic People Republic of Korea to the Russian Federation.

The meeting participants addressed the current issues of the Russian-Korean cooperation in the gas sector. In particular, the parties discussed the practical approaches to implementation of the project for natural gas transmission from Russia to the Korean Peninsula outlined in the Memorandum of Understanding between Gazprom and North Korea’s Ministry of Oil Industry.