Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Tuesday he hoped Gazprom would finalize its second deal to export gas to China in the coming months.
Last year, Russia and China signed a $400-billion gas deal with exports via the yet-to-be-built Power of Siberia pipeline. Last November, Russia and China clinched a framework agreement for a second deal, known as the Western Route.
Novak also told reporters that Russia was awaiting specific proposals from the European Union to build a gas link from a new pipeline to run from Russia to a new gas hub at the Turkish-Greek border.
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