The Russian delegation experts said, "Fuel and energy supply, including that in the Caspian Sea in reference to the summit, will be the second subject of discussion during the upcoming meeting between Medvedev and Aliyev" "One can suppose that matters relating to routes for the transportation of energy resources from Caspian deposits may be also touched upon," he said. "It is not ruled out that the Nabucco theme (construction of the pipeline) may be raised as well," the expert added. First time in Russian history presidential envoy in federal district has led intergovernmental commission Baku, Fineko/abc.az. By a relevant decree Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin replaced the chairman and secretary of the Russian part of the Azerbaijani-Russian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation. A source in the government of Azerbaijan informs that Russian PM Decree #1977p from 12 November 2010 appointed Alexander Khloponin, deputy prime minister and plenipotentiary representative of the Russian President in the North Caucasus federal district, the chairman of the Russian part. He was succeeded by energy Commission’s minister Sergey Shmatko. "The secretary of the Russian part of the Commission was replaced in parallel. The Azerbaijani side was informed in advance about the impending decision. Currently we expect from Russia, as the host country, the notification of the date of next Commission’s meeting and its agenda," the source said. Previously, meeting was scheduled for November 2010. Commission’s The Russian new decision creates a technical conflict: never before the government’s Commission has been headed by an authorized representative of the President in the federal district. Besides, the co-chairman and the secretary of the Commission are geographically remote: Khloponin bases himself in Pyatigorsk and the Commission’s secretary in Moscow. 16th Indo-Russian Inter-Governmental Commission meeting begins today 2010-11-18 11:50:00
The Russian delegation experts said, "Fuel and energy supply, including that in the Caspian Sea in reference to the summit, will be the second subject of discussion during the upcoming meeting between Medvedev and Aliyev" "One can suppose that matters relating to routes for the transportation of energy resources from Caspian deposits may be also touched upon," he said. "It is not ruled out that the Nabucco theme (construction of the pipeline) may be raised as well," the expert added. First time in Russian history presidential envoy in federal district has led intergovernmental commission Baku, Fineko/abc.az. By a relevant decree Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin replaced the chairman and secretary of the Russian part of the Azerbaijani-Russian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation. A source in the government of Azerbaijan informs that Russian PM Decree #1977p from 12 November 2010 appointed Alexander Khloponin, deputy prime minister and plenipotentiary representative of the Russian President in the North Caucasus federal district, the chairman of the Commission’s Russian part. He was succeeded by energy minister Sergey Shmatko. "The secretary of the Russian part of the Commission was replaced in parallel. The Azerbaijani side was informed in advance about the impending decision. Currently we expect from Russia, as the host country, the notification of the date of Commission’s next meeting and its agenda," the source said. Previously, Commission’s meeting was scheduled for November 2010. The Russian government’s new decision creates a technical conflict: never before the Commission has been headed by an authorized representative of the President in the federal district. Besides, the co-chairman and the secretary of the Commission are geographically remote: Khloponin bases himself in Pyatigorsk and the Commission’s secretary in Moscow. 16th Indo-Russian Inter-Governmental Commission meeting begins today 2010-11-18 11:50:00
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