Pipeliners

RBC, 21.11.2007, Moscow 09:55:29 – An agreement between Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan on the construction of a Caspian gas pipeline will be signed by the end of 2007, a Russian government source close to the trilateral talks told journalists, adding that internal approval procedures were nearing completion, and that the document would be endorsed soon. Although there are no outstanding issues regarding the agreement with either Turkmenistan or Kazakhstan, the source considers it unlikely that the document will be signed during Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov's visit to Turkmenistan on November 21-23, as not all the required paperwork procedures have been completed yet.