A Gazprom delegation headed by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee, paid a visit to France today.
In the course of the visit, a working meeting between Alexey Miller and Jean-Bernard Levy, Chairman and CEO of EDF, took place in Paris.
The parties paid particular attention to creating new routes for Russian gas exports to Europe in the light of the resumed TurkStream project.
Another working meeting took place between Alexey Miller and Gerard Mestrallet, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ENGIE.
The meeting participants discussed ongoing and future cooperation, including joint efforts within the Nord Stream 2 project.
From January 1 to September 13, 2016, Gazprom supplied 8 billion cubic meters of gas to France, which was 27.3 per cent higher than in the same period of 2015.