Gazprom, North Korea in gas pipeline talks
North Korean Oil Minister Kim Hui Yong has met with Gazprom chief Aleksei Miller to discuss construction of a natural-gas pipeline along the Korean Peninsula, Radio Liberty reported.
A Gazprom statement said the "two sides agreed to form a working
group for implementation of the project."
Russia has been pushing for construction of the pipeline to South
Korea through North Korea.
Seoul is anxious to purchase Russian gas but without the North's participation the only possible pipeline routes lie along the bottom of the Yellow Sea or the Sea of Japan, projects both Seoul and Gazprom have called expensive.
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