Russia, Algeria May Jointly Defend Europe Gas Contracts, RT Says

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Russia and Algeria may work together to defend long-term contracts for natural-gas supplies to Europe, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko told Russian television station RT in an interview.

Shmatko said he discussed arbitration between European consumers and OAO Gazprom with his Algerian counterpart at a meeting of the world’s biggest gas exporters in Doha this week, according to the report. Algeria faces the same problem as Russia, Shmatko told RT.