MOSCOW, March 13. /TASS/. Europe will be able to receive cheap Russian gas again if Russia and the US agree on energy cooperation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said following talks with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in the Kremlin.
"If the US and Russia agree on energy cooperation, then a gas pipeline for Europe can be provided. And this will benefit Europe, because it will receive cheap Russian gas," Putin noted.
The Belarusian leader arrived in Moscow on Thursday on an official visit, his first trip since his re-election in January.
After the meeting the presidents of Russia and Belarus issued a joint statement under which Moscow and Minsk will continue to gradually expand trade and economic cooperation in various areas.