OREANDA-NEWS. In Moscow Vagit Alekperov, OAO LUKOIL President, and Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, have signed a Cooperation Agreement between the Company and the Ministry.
 
Among other things, the parties agreed on cooperation in protecting  foreign economic and geopolitical interests of the Russian Federation by developing partnership with international organizations of the fuel and energy industry and foreign oil and gas companies.
 
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in pursue of the state interests and the Russian foreign economic policy, is aiming at supporting the Company’s foreign economic activity, protecting its legal interests abroad by diplomatic and internationally legal means, assisting the Company in arranging meetings with representatives of foreign state agencies and international organizations.