OREANDA-NEWS. September 18, 2008. Led by Vlada Rusakova, Member of the Gazprom Management Committee, Head of the Department of Strategic Development, a Gazprom delegation paid a working visit today to the Republic of Hungary.

During the visit, Vlada Rusakova met with Janos Eros, President of the Hungarian Development Bank MFB to discuss the arrangement of activities within preparation of the Feasibility Study for the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline section in Hungary.

The Feasibility Study will be an integral part of the comprehensive Feasibility Study for the entire South Stream project embracing the territory of Russia, the Black Sea and the countries of Central and Southern Europe.

In the course of the negotiations, the parties coordinated the list of benchmarks and the work schedule, as well as considered various routes of natural gas transmission across Hungary.

The parties agreed to hold the next meeting in Moscow.