During the meeting Mr Putin and Mr Neradko discussed new federal rules for the use of Russian air space.

Members of the commission reviewed the implementation of measures to improve regulation of the alcohol market, which were approved by the government on December 14, 2009.

Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said during the welding ceremony that the pipeline extension was an essential and logical continuation of the mainline and will make it possible to transport oil from the promising deposits of Eastern Siberia and the Pacific region, in which almost all big Russian oil companies operate.