Europe and China Competing for Russian Gas?

Author(s): Roland Götz
Publisher(s): Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
Date of publication: May 2006
Issue number: 14
Pages: 7
Series: SWP Comments

Description: When President Vladimir Putin visited Beijing on 21 March 2006 heading a delegation of 1000 government officials, many observers expected that he would finally sign the contracts for the East Siberian oil pipeline to China which had been under discussion for many years. Instead, he surprisingly offered the construction of a gas pipeline from West Siberia to China.

General note: © 2006 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

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