The meeting participants addressed bilateral co-operation. It was highlighted that in 2017 the demand from Austrian consumers for Russian gas significantly surpassed last year’s indicator. From 1 January through 15 October 2017, Gazprom had supplied Austria with 6.4 billion m3 of gas, up 48.3% or 2.1 billion m3 of gas versus the same period in 2016. Moreover, on 4 October 2017, the amount of gas delivered by Gazprom to Austria since the start of 2017 exceeded the full-year total for 2016 (6.13 and 6.1 billion m3, respectively).
The parties discussed the progress with the Nord Stream 2 project aimed at ensuring reliable deliveries of Russian gas to Europe.
