Slovenian president Janez Drnovsek discussed the possibility of constructing a gas pipeline across Slovenia to Italy with the chairman of the Russsian gas giant Gazprom Alexey Miller, who he met on Tuesday at the sidelines of the 10th International Forum in St. Petersburg.
According to Drnovsek, the construction of the pipeline would be beneficial as it would eliminate the need to construct two liquefied natural gas terminals in the Gulf of Trieste, which are being mulled in Italy.
Drnovsek moreover assessed that Russian companies have shown a lot of interest lately for investments in Slovenia, adding that this was also in Slovenia's interests.
The pair also discussed Gazprom's possible investment in the Slovenian petrochemical group Nafta Lendava, something that Drnovsek believes would be good for the "economically depressed" northeastern region of Prekmurje.
He added that the talks would need to be translated into concrete business deals, something that Miller promised to try to do at Thursday's meeting of the European Business Congress, a forum in Slovenia's Portoroz.
Miller told Slovenian media that he would discuss gas supplies and an extension of contracts that would also include an increase in the amount of gas. Miller added that Gazprom is "very interested in gas transit" through Slovenia.
Slovenian president also met St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matvienko, inviting her to visit Slovenia.
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