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    TROIKA DISCUSSES BOOSTING ENERGY EXPORTS

    Putinru.com, Russia, Russian Independent Internet Digest
    Aug 31 2004

    Vladimir Putin has given German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and
    French President Jacques Chirac a sidelight on Russia's plans for
    the development of the national pipeline system.

    The French and German leaders said that "the Russian government
    is paving ground for boosting the export of energy resources by
    encouraging the development of pipeline transport," presidential aide
    Sergei Prikhodko told journalists after the trilateral summit talks
    in Sochi.

    Chirac and Schroeder have been provided with information on the
    construction of the Baltic pipeline system, development of the Northern
    gas pipeline, Prikhodko said.

    "It was important for the German and French leaders not just to
    hear assurances from the Russian leadership but also to learn of its
    concrete steps towards stepping up the production and export of energy
    resources," Prikhodko noted.

    He explained that the energy theme emerged at the troika meeting
    in discussing the Middle East and Iraq situation, which affects the
    sustained and continuous shipments of oil to the world market.

    "In this connection, the Russian president reminded his colleagues
    that Russia has never violated its obligations in the supply of gas and
    holds the same position in oil supplies," the presidential aide said.

    As regards international problems in discussion in Sochi, Prikhodko
    said that, except Iraq and the Middle East, the three leaders spoke
    of the Nagorny Karabakh settlement, the situation in Georgia and
    Transdniestria.

    The issue of the Russian-speaking population in Latvia and Estonia was
    also raised at the talks, Prikhodko said. "It was not the Russian side
    but our guests" that brought up the subject of observance of European
    standards regarding the ethnic minorities in the Baltic countries.

    After the talks with FRG Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and
    French President Jacques Chirac, Russian President Vladimir Putin
    accompanied the high guests to the airport.

    The French and German leaders have left home.
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