Al-Anbaa: Kuwaiti- Russian talks to boost oil and gas cooperation
Kuwait-Russia, Economics, 1/8/2003

The Kuwaiti minister of information and acting minister of oil Ahmad Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah announced that he had agreed with the Russian minister of energy Igore Yousovov during the latter's visit to Kuwait to form three joint committees between the two countries aiming at strengthening and developing bilateral cooperation.

In a statement issued yesterday by the Kuwaiti daily al-Anbaa following the end of his talks with the Russian minister on Monday, the Kuwaiti minister said that the first committee will be concerned with the areas of gas, energy, and oil; the second with the areas of investment and energy, while the third committee with scientific and technology exchange, noting that these committee will hold their first meetings by the end of this month, January in Moscow.

He said that Russia had showed its desire to get a share of the investment in Kuwait's northern fields project, stressing that the Russian companies will have a fair opportunity as other biding companies for this project.

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