[000:00:00;00] chinese companies, in order to ensure the necessary, necessary gas supplies for the next 3-5 years, so that we do not need to import further gas, regarding the announcement of the development of gas fields, the ministry of oil is working to prepare these processes , there are promising fields, within the framework of about 10-12 blocks, which can add gas production, and we will be able to cover the needs of power plants in the future, perhaps iraq

will be a big player in... a contract with this company worth $17 billion, yes, this agreement includes four agreements related to the development of the artava field and investments, investments in the gas industry, and also development. drilling new wells and generating 1000 megawatts of electricity. how the player maintains the balance between the west and russia in the context of energy relations. as i already said, balance is what we strive for in our interests, in our politics, but the main thing is our

national interests, if national interests of iraq and in this direction of this project, then of course we will implement it, i would like to return to mr. president putin, last saturday gas supplies began to uzbekistan, this is a very important step, as experts say, and you mentioned this in your speech, the creation of this... by russia and uzbekistan and kazakhstan, can you say that one day things will come to the point that russia will find an alternative, or alternatives to the european markets completely, well, we have practically already found it, the volumes are still smaller, than on the european continent, but they will become

overgrown as the economies of these countries grow. i don’t see any problems here, it’s just that european countries can’t cope in full without ours, yes, there’s simply nowhere to get it, but it’s possible, probably, but it’s difficult, even just physical volumes are not enough, so we keep saying, buying, that means, american gas, but production volumes there are also limited, and it’s not so easy to quickly promote it all, it’s all 200. but as for uzbekistan and kazakhstan, this old gas pipeline, soviet still asia, central asia, asia center, 80 billion cubic meters were transited , eight union republics, something like that, yes, here, but it is in reverse mode, that is, in the opposite

direction from russia, it has never been used in this republic , so we had to work here, and gazprom worked for 3 months, our colleagues and friends in uzbekistan in kazakhstan restored this route in reverse mode, they launched it, these are small volumes so far, well for these republics, well for now - well, significant, but as their economies grow, they will not have enough of this volume, it is already clear, so we are thinking about how to expand these supply volumes, we are thinking about how to either build new routes, or these put things in order, by the way, here we were talking about iran and iranian partners are also discussing with us the possibilities of supplying russian gas to the iranian market, well, there are many options here, they

all have the right to exist. i will continue this question, does russia face any difficulties in importing? technologies and necessary equipment for the energy-related industrial sector. you know, of course, this is a very sensitive area that you just touched upon, we had serious concerns about whether we would be able to cope with the challenge that we face related to oil and gas equipment, and of course, we are still far away not... everything covered our needs, of course, not all competencies were acquired, but still - the situation is changing and changing for the better for us quite quickly, i just talked about -

about the plant that novotek built in murmansk, yes, it is a plant for the production of plants, as if for the production of platforms for liquefying gas, well, almost everything is there - everything the equipment is russian, there are things, i won’t go into now, there are specialists here, they know better than me, there are things that in exploration, in gas production, in oil production, it’s probably still difficult for us to find, or to reach the level that - our partners, especially in the united states, there in europe, well, we are replacing people from other countries, we ourselves are acquiring competencies and the work is going on, why is it very active, look, i was just recently in the far east, which means i visited two of our large enterprises, one works in the field of gas, and the other in gas chemistry

, and the technological equipment was supplied to a german company, well, i’ll call it nothing special here , the linda company is called, it was a clear technological leader in this area of ​​​​activity, i ask the head... right on the spot with the head of the company, sibur company, there are also no secrets, i say, like you, he says, since they refused us equipment, we had to move a little to the right, that is , shift to the right - launch the facility, but there is no doubt, we will launch it and he named specific deadlines in the very near future, i say, with technology, what is happening, well, then i will say what he said, he may be wishful thinking, but i think that it is very close to the truth that he he told me, he says, you know, here we are at linda's

received, we had very good relations with our partners, no problems ever arose, well, under political pressure, they were forced to leave us, what happened, they have an office, there is a multi-story building in germany, already almost half empty in the evenings, the light is not on. but a huge number of people were fired, we were forced, we were forced to move on to developing our own engineering competencies, since we have everything, we have the initial product gas, there are sales markets, this is in the far east, close to china and the whole asia-pacific region, for our products, engineering orders have come to us, we are becoming the center of engineering competencies in the world, this is the result, this is a positive result - those rash actions in the economic sphere that the west is taking in

relation to the russian federation are only a plus for us , it’s not like this everywhere, there is also a problem, but in general the trend is like this, i’m sure we will maintain it, thank you. last may you announced an ambitious rail infrastructure plan to make iraq a logistics hub that will connect the bay area with europe, you have high hopes... you have launched a development corridor project, i will ask you a direct question, are there any obstacles, does this

project not compete with the north-south project, i will say a little about this project, the development project, the path of development, it is connected with the sport of alfau, this project has been around since the eighties, but in the light of the events that we have experienced over the past 40 years, it has not really been developed. uh, they began to take certain steps in the port of alfol, but it was also necessary to take certain reforms of the economic plan, we are now implementing them, we are trying to come to the use, to diversify the economy, we are investing, we are investing, we will take advantage of the geographical position that iraq has, therefore... we are determined to

complete the work in the alfau project to launch corridor is a development path that will connect the port of alfau with turkey, perhaps this path will separate iraq from other countries in the region, but, but, as far as the north-south project is concerned, i believe that one complements the other. so even with even with the one belt road project is economic corridors that can be integrated and provide flexibility, sustainability, reduce transportation costs, increase the speed of delivery of goods, which will have a positive impact on the well-being of the entire region. there are

preliminary discussions between russia and iraq on the integration of these two projects. and we hope that this dialogue, soon at the expert level, will come to the definition of a certain framework, cooperation in this, in these areas. mr. president, do you have any comments in this regard? no, i just share my opinion. our colleague, the prime minister, and we also believe that the more routes, the better, the easier it will be for participants in economic activity to choose the optimal one for themselves, north-south is a very good option, and many of our partners are showing interest in this , azerbaijan remains interested in that part of the route must pass through the territory, but this is on one side of the caspian sea, on the other side. there are

kazakhstan and turkmenistan with access to iran also, on the one hand, iran on the other, then to the persian gulf , well, what you just asked the prime minister about, what he was talking about, does not bother us at all, the flow, the cargo flow will only grow if we continue to develop the northern sea route, and we will do this, it all fits very well, if there is a way out there, then the arab emirates, well , thank god, to turkey, we are... for, we are for, all these routes are known to us, all this is being discussed, we are in course, we are for, generally speaking, this project, or his idea is quite old, at that time we talked with iran, but is there any

progress, and will there be any progress? st. petersburg, the port of st. petersburg through iran and come to mumbai in india, as experts say, this project meets russia's interest in reaching warm seas. implementation of this project, this same task is big in the conditions, how easy it is in the current conditions in the middle east, well, today and in general there are no easy tasks, but everything is achievable, we have agreements with all participants in this process, with iran, the relevant documents are available, with azerbaijan, now i will meet with within the framework of the cis summit in

kyrgyzstan, we will definitely talk about this topic, azerbaijan has many current problems there, but no one is giving up on this project, interest turkmenistan is also showing on the other side of the caspian sea and kazakhstan, when this practically begins, you know, we will now create a consortium, where we are led, in my opinion, by vtb, we are going to bank, vneshtorbank of russia, that ’s the work, that’s it preparation, the preparatory work is finishing, i hope everything will begin in real life in the very near future. in iraq, all these development projects, the ambitious projects that you mentioned, which mr. president putin spoke about, they all need the main factor for their

success, you can call it security, stability from a security point of view, this is the point i would like to ask you, mr. prime minister, are there any terrorist risks in iraq, as far as isis is concerned, is coordination continuing, since mr., since you mentioned that there was ongoing coordination with russia as part of the fight against isis, whether this coordination continues now, thank god, iraq defeated terrorism, today isis has no idea. pose a threat to iraqi statehood, our security forces, their various formations, provide security and monitor the possible movements of the remaining isis cells, which are still in the mountainous

areas, in the desert areas, they do not have any control on the ground in iraq. uh, this even unexpectedly, uh, if you look at how the situation has developed in recent years, this is, of course, the result of the sacrifices that the iraqi people made and thanks to the help that our friends provided us, coordination in countering terrorism with our friends and partners continues in international coalition, with the russian federation, there is of course a threat in syria, it remains. terrorist organizations continue to operate there and try to undermine security; they can, of course, penetrate the borders into iraqi

territory, but undoubtedly iraq’s position with regard to syria, it is clear and honest, syria is part of the national security of iraq, we support and work to ensure stability, syria and the iraqi government contributes, contributes to all international efforts aimed at establishing security in syria and the fight against terrorism there, so favorable conditions have been created in iraq for all companies, this is indeed the case now. the companies represented are from different countries, they operate in different provinces, and iraq's leadership provides them with the necessary conditions for the success of their enterprises, and the government also establishes strategic partnerships with countries in the region and countries around the world to

help maintain this stability so that economic interests prevail. and the security situation has contributed to the development of the economy in this region, mr. president putin, in your speech you pointed out that the russian school of engineering, when it comes to the construction of power plants, is not just strong, it is simply it has no equal, we, of course, see examples of this, i myself am personally from... egypt and i, of course , am watching, following the progress of the construction of the adaba power plant, a nuclear power plant, and last thursday, bangladesh received the first cargo of nuclear fuel, which was set by the russian government, i

want to ask what is the distinctive feature or distinctive features, competitive features that make russia. allow russia to talk about itself in this way? well, this is primarily related to traditions, if we speak about the nuclear power industry, then these are very good traditions , then after focushima we paid a lot of attention to safety issues, in fact, nuclear power plants of russian design are probably the safest in the world, because our specialists came up with such a system for ensuring... safety, which can be expanded at all without ad infinitum , it is simply replicated - in larger and larger volumes, as many as you want, until complete zero, it’s just a question of... money, how much, how much you need to put in these elements

safety, how much to screw up, that’s it, but this is a fact recognized by international experts, including the mgate, so the magat controls everything for us, all the work, all the work, it controls russian nuclear scientists, and what is the difference between what we do and what they do , usually others. countries, well, or countries of a competitor, there are american companies, tashi there or so on, japanese and so on, we, as a rule, not only build a station and make this country dependent on ourselves, as a supplier of, i don’t know, fuel , supplier of specialists, and so on and so forth, we are creating an industry, this is the main competitive advantage of our work, we are creating an industry for... the country where we work, we first of all start with training a specialist who at some point becomes

absolutely self-sufficient, they become highly qualified , world-class, world-class specialists, the same thing is happening with our egyptian friends, the same thing is happening in turkey, in bangladesh, they are studying with us, all the guys are studying now, here some are starting this work, first second, we... companies, first of all at the first stage, of course, these are general construction works, but they are valued very highly, here we are entirely, for example, in turkey, just as we finance almost the same thing in egypt construction, how much is 25 billion dollars, but of this volume, i don’t know, up to twenty percent, society. more, more than 20%, 25, general construction work, they go entirely to the country’s market, in this

case to the egyptian market, local companies, people work, they receive salaries, so this is the second , third, we carry out full-cycle work, we not only build technologies, transfer them, train personnel, we supply nuclear fuel, and then after finishing we take them away from work, spent nuclear fuel, you know, therefore, and moreover, we are even creating engineering centers , creating research institutes, yes, we are already working there with our partners on next-generation fast neutron stations, all this together creates this competitiveness, and of course, last but not least, this is all competitive in terms of prices, in terms of prices, these prices are quite, keeping in mind the whole range of services that we provide, from construction science, they

lead to such a result. 80% of the construction of stations in the world is carried out by rosatom, because mr. president said, here in egypt. there is a school that has been created that accepts students who would like to study specialties in the field of nuclear energy, it is very popular, and before we leave this topic, saudi arabia, also from countries, we talked about bangladesh, turkey, egypt and other countries, saudi arabia is also among the countries that seek to develop nuclear energy, peaceful. arabia and the united states on this

matter, however, the situation is unclear; they say that the united states is putting forward difficult conditions for eriad. and the question is: is russia ready to cooperate with eriad, in accordance with the rules of magath? well, of course, firstly, we always cooperate in full accordance with the rules. everything else is the commercial side of the matter, we need to agree between us, between our partners, possible us, commercial conditions, cost, cost of future electricity, sales markets, volume of investments on our part, volume of investments on the part of our partner, if he is ready for these investments, volume of money absorbed in the local market, volume of equipment supplied to russia , attracting some... specialists from third countries is a matter of technology, but we don’t know how saudi arabia can negotiate with the united states, this is

a sovereign decision of saudi arabia itself. regarding iraq, mr. prime minister, does iraq have any ambitions in terms of joining the club of countries that use or want to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes? iraq already in 1980 we already had attempts, now there are still bodies, to develop this nuclear peaceful program and discuss it with magaata, this project

is in the attention of the government. wanted to cooperate in this area, we are still in contact with magathe at the initial stage, there is no one yet, we have not yet reached the stage to discuss something specifically with someone, perhaps after this meeting. yes, but if it happens, of course, we will react positively, with regard to what mr. putin spoke about, about green energy, that russia is ready for the transition, to the stage of transition to green energy, as you know, mr. president, in in dubai next month,

the emirates will host a climate conference. oa strives to play a big role in the development of the green energy project and, as experts say, there are a number of western countries that are trying to hinder the implementation of emirati projects, since the emirates - country of oil producer, or one of the largest oil producers , i have a question, is russia ready to support the emirates, at this conference, well, we support, we believe that this is a very noble direction of activity of our friends in the emirates, yes, of course, they largest producer of hydrocarbons, but if a country that is such is still pursuing a green agenda, what’s wrong with that, i don’t even understand who could be interfering there, and if this is really the case, then why are they

doing this, i don’t understand, but we of course we will - support all this, we will take part even at a high level without a doubt, russia itself has this transition plan, obligations have been accepted accordingly, we are fulfilling everything and will continue to do so, i also have two last questions, a question for mr. prime minister of iraq , as we mentioned, as everyone knows, this is your first... visit to the russian federation in this position, as you told me before the forum, what do you, what did you like, here in russia and what do you take with you to your homeland? of course, i would like to thank mr. president for

invitation to carry out this visit, which, as you mentioned, confirms that it is in line with the course of the iraqi government to strengthen cooperation with russia, we discussed many issues, in various directions, interaction at the level of departments and ministries and companies was planned the tenth meeting of the international intergovernmental commission, which will soon be held in baghdad, is this meeting. will become an umbrella for the implementation of those agreements and agreements that were reached during our meetings in order to begin to implement them, president vladimir, you announced a few days ago at the forum, this is