Gazprom’s Headquarters today hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Gazprom’s Management Committee Chairman and

Dr. Klaus Mangold, Chairman of the Eastern Committee of the German Economy.

The parties went on exchanging opinions on major directions of Russian-German cooperation in the energy sector on the threshold of the Hannover International Industry Fair to be held in April 2005.

The meeting pointed out that Russian and German energy companies would still mainly cooperate based on mutually beneficial partnership covering the entire scope of business from output manufacture to marketing.

Special emphasis fell on cooperation between Russia and Germany when implementing the North-European gas pipeline project.

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A community of several German entrepreneurial unions, the Eastern Committee of the German Economy was founded in 1952 by the Federal Association of German Industry (BDI); German Congress of Industry and Commerce Chambers (DIHK); Association of German Banks (BdB); German Insurance Association (GDV); Federation of German Wholesale and Foreign Trade (BGA); Foreign Trade Association of the German Retail Trade (AVE); German Confederation of Small Business and Skilled Crafts (ZDH) and Association of Eastern and Central Europe (OMV). The Eastern Committee is comprised of German companies running business in Russia, Belarus, the Ukraine, South-East Europe, the Baltic States, the Caucuses and Central Asia.

Representing and unifying interests of the German economy in the above-mentioned countries and regions, the Committee is focused on assisting and encouraging German companies in promoting trade, industry, capital investments and service industry.

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