OREANDA-NEWS. November 27, 2009. As part of the 21st European Business Congress (EBC) Presiding Committee meeting, Berlin hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Marcel Kramer, Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO, Gasunie. The parties addressed the relevant issues of cooperation between the companies.

“Today, we may definitely say that the Nord Stream project is a success. The initial project stage, being the most difficult one, has been accomplished, the critical amount of preparatory measures have been taken. The joint efforts made by the shareholders of Nord Stream AG, the company’s employee team, the European countries interested in the project implementation are yielding results. Consistent development of the project is a vivid example of cooperation strengthening between Russia and Europe in the energy sector,” said Alexey Miller at the meeting.