Agreement on eastern route gas supplies to China approved by Russian government commitee

MOSCOW, March 3. /TASS/. The Russian government’s Committee for legislative drafting activities has approved the draft law on ratification of the agreement between the governments of Russia and China on eastern route gas supplies. The agreement was presented by the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry and Energy Ministry. The document was published on the government website Tuesday. The agreement was signed by representatives of the Russian and Chinese governments on October 13, 2014. The agreement was reached "for the purpose of strengthening the Russia-China cooperation in the energy sphere defining the main terms for cooperation regarding supplies of natural gas from the Russian territory to the territory of the People’s Republic of China on eastern route, including engineering, construction and operation of the cross-border section of the gas pipeline," the draft law said. Completing the agreement is a condition of the gas contract between Russia’s Gazprom and China’s CNPC on eastern route supplies inked on May 21, 2014. The draft law will be considered at a government session. Read more