Putin Says He’ll Stick to Pacific Pipeline Plan
JAPAN
President Vladimir V. Putin, speaking in Tokyo, said that Russia remained committed to building an oil pipeline that would deliver Siberian crude to Japan and other Pacific nations.
“The construction of the oil pipeline, leading from eastern Siberia to the Pacific Ocean, opens big prospects,” Putin said in a speech before 500 Russian and Japanese business leaders.
Tokyo has voiced a strong interest in a pipeline that would pump the oil to Russia’s Pacific coast for export to Japan. China, also avidly seeking Russian oil to drive its booming economy, has pushed for an alternative route.
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