OREANDA-NEWS. December 5, 2008. The Gazprom Headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Maria van der Hoeven, Economic Affairs Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The meeting discussed the possible development of the bilateral relations in the energy sector.

The parties stressed the particular significance attached to the cooperation between Gazprom and the state-run company N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie, including within the Nord Stream project implementation. Additionally, a positive evaluation was given to the sci-tech cooperation between Gazprom and its Dutch partners.

Based on the meeting results the parties confirmed their interest in strengthening the mutually beneficial partnership.