OREANDA-NEWS. April 14, 2009. The Gazprom Headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Jean de Gliniasty, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Russia.

The discussion centered on the status and prospects for the Russia – France cooperation in the energy sector.

The parties highly appreciated the interaction between Gazprom and Total within the execution of the Shtokman project, the first phase, as well as the efforts of the special purpose company Shtokman Development AG achieved in the preparation of the front-end engineering and design (FEED) and the feasibility study (FS) for the project.

Jean de Gliniasty also highlighted the cruciality of successfully implementing the Nord Stream project for ensuring the European energy security.

In addition, special attention was paid to the modernization of Ukraine’s gas transmission system. The parties expressed a unanimous opinion that this process called for the participation of the key players involved in the European gas market – Russia as the supplier and European companies as the largest Russian gas consumers.