KEMEROVO, March 17. /TASS/. The Russian Energy Ministry plans to complete the process of national energy strategy endorsement by the government in a week or two, Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilyov said at a coal industry meeting in Kuzbass.

"We are at the final state of endorsement by the government; endorsement will be [completed] in a week or two," the minister said.

Problems of the national coal sector will be discussed on April 1 at a strategic session to be chaired by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Tsivilyov added.