Pipeliners

MOSCOW, March 17 (RIA Novosti) - Presidential aide Igor Shuvalov said there would be no problem with the operation of the pipe to Nakhodka. "We will build the pipe to Nakhodka in the Far East. A closed market is more dangerous to us, though it may get more investment," he said. "We will develop this route with a branch to China," the aide told journalists. There will be no problem with filling the pipe. "We expect the oilfields of east Siberia to develop," Shuvalov said. "This will be crucial to us. At first, oil will be supplied from existing fields, and we have four major deposits there. The government is to determine the sequence of selling oil from them." Igor Shuvalov noted the importance of Russia's energy dialogue with India and China. "We should prove to the civilized world that that we are the best energy partner. We are a reliable partner for the Western community and the Eastern neighbors," he said. "So, we badly need an active dialogue with India and China now."