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Uzbek President Islam Karimov (L) and Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (AFP Photo / Alexey Druzhinin)

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Russia & Uzbekistan to build new pipeline

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Published 02 September, 2008, 18:49

Russia and Uzbekistan have agreed on Uzbek gas prices and plan to build a new pipeline through the country. The deals were reached during a meeting between Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Uzbek President Islam

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The new pipeline will come as an addition to two existing ones and will export Central Asian gas to Russia.

According to Putin, a joint project has been launched in order to meet the growing export potential of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

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