Paris hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France.

The parties considered cooperation between Russia and France in the energy sector placing a special emphasis on the progress with joint projects of Gazprom and French companies.

Alexey Miller noted that close interaction among Europe's largest energy companies boosted economic development of the whole continent while joint projects of Russia and France laid a cornerstone for strategic partnership in the global energy market.