Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Astrakhan Region
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin conducted extended meeting of the Council on Developing Local Self-Government and met with Astrakhan Governor Alexander Zhilkin.
Mr Sechin said Russia had created sufficient gas reserves to facilitate reliable deliveries for the domestic market. "We have gas, and our customers will not suffer," Mr Sechin stressed.
"Cooperation between crucial individual sectors and enterprises is growing stronger. This is a positive beginning. Our task now is to promote these positive tendencies."
"Cooperation in the committee has proved to be effective. Work on priority directions of bilateral cooperation in the committee is considerably intensive and yields practical results."
A number of documents were signed following the meeting of the Russian-Ukrainian Committee on Economic Cooperation.
“We are well aware of our responsibility for preserving the achievements of Russian-Ukrainian partnership. That is why we make it a point to be circumspect and behave appropriately as we seek mutually acceptable approaches to the problems we share.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin conducted talks with his Bulgarian counterpart Sergei Stanishev
"Russia and Bulgaria are important trade and economic partners for each other. We are glad to have an opportunity to discuss all aspects of our cooperation, to analyse what we have done in recent times, and to map out prospects for the future."