Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Ukraine on strategic cooperation in gas sector

Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Кабинетом Министров Украины о стратегическом сотрудничестве в газовой отрасли

The Parties shall carry out long-term cooperation in the following fields: (a) transit of natural gas; (b) joint projects for the transportation of natural gas through the territory of the Parties to foreign markets; (c) elaboration and application of technical requirements regulating gas-transport networks; (d) exploration of deposits of natural gas (art. 2). For the purpose of the implementation of the present Agreement the Parties have agreed to set up consortium with the following competences: (a) transportation and transit of natural gas; (b) creation of new gas-transport networks (art. 3).