the meeting is attended by vladimir putin and prime minister of iraq mohammed az sudani, who is in our on an official visit. the russian leader, opening the meeting, named the key tasks of our country’s long-term energy strategy. dear sir, our basic priority is to ensure the national market, a sufficient supply of fuel and energy resources within the country, and i emphasize that this is not only about the current needs of business and citizens, we will consistently work on the qualitative development of our own market, by increasing its capacity, the opportunities here are certainly enormous; our gas industry is a good example of such work. let me remind you that in 2021 , a social gasification program was launched nationwide. its goal is for natural gas to reach every home, in a village, in a city where a main gas pipeline is laid. based on the results of the first years of the program , the technical ability to connect more than a million households has been ensured, of which 375,000 have already been connected. last year. we agreed to make the program unlimited. moreover, they expa

in addition, the prime minister of iraq, mohammed az sudani, who is in our country on an official visitey discussed the state of the world oil market against the background the palestinian-israeli conflict, as well as cooperation within the framework of opec plus. dear. mr. minister, in kyrgyzstan these days they are discussing promising areas of trade, economic and investment cooperation between moscow and bishkek, and the tenth russian-kyrgyz interregional conference has started there. heads of regions, parliamentarians, heads of ministries and departments of the two countries, as well as representatives of large companies arrived. vladimir putin sent greetings to the participants. the russian leader noted that trade turnover between countries is growing; at the end of last year alone, it increased by almost 40%. your attention is on. in addition to economics, interregional cooperation naturally also covers the humanitarian sphere. the russian side is helping the kyrgyz regions to improve the secondary education system. in total, over the next few years, russia plans to build nine sch