On March 27-28, Gazprom’s delegation led by Alexey Miller, Gazprom’s Management Committee Chairman has paid a working visit to the Republic of Tajikistan.

Within the visit Alexey Miller met with Emomali Rakhmonov, President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Akil Akilov, Tajik Prime Minister and Dzhurabek Nurmakhmatov, Tajik Energy Minister.

At the end of the meetings Gazprom and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan signed a Memorandum on further cooperation in the energy sector.

The Memorandum fixes the mutual intentions to establish a joint venture for exploration, production and marketing of natural gas as well as for the upgrading of existing and creation of new gas transmission capacities in Tajikistan. The parties identified the joint venture’s operating principles & priorities, with first activities due in April.

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Tajikistan’s natural gas requirements average 1.2 bcm/y including 620 and 550 MMcm consumed by the industrial and household sectors, respectively.