Headed by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, a Gazprom delegation today paid a working visit to Italy.
In the course of the visit Alexey Miller met with Romano Prodi, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Italy and Paolo Scaroni, Chief Executive Officer of ENI.
At the meetings the parties addressed further prospects for the Russian-Italian cooperation in the oil and gas sector. In particular, special attention was paid to the South Stream gas pipeline construction and interaction between Gazprom and ENI within the joint hydrocarbon exploration and production projects in third countries including Libya.
The parties confirmed their interest in strengthening the mutually beneficial strategic partnership between Russia and Italy in the energy sector under the European gas market liberalization conditions.
Source: Gazprom
