By FT Reporters
Published: October 10 2006 21:23 | Last updated: October 10 2006 21:23
US officials said on Tuesday they were continuing to work towards agreement on Russian entry to the World Trade Organisation, in spite of Gazprom’s decision to develop the huge Shtokman natural gas field on its own and snub potential foreign partners.
The Shtokman decision – which will see Gazprom selling most of the gas to Europe and not the US, as originally planned – has cast a shadow over US-Russia WTO talks in Geneva this week.