MOSCOW, March 24. /TASS/. Gazprom, Edison and DEPA initiated establishment of working groups within the framework of the memorandum of understanding on gas supplies from Russia over the Black Sea bottom via third countries to Greece and from Greece to Italy, official spokesperson of the Russian gas holding Sergey Kupriyanov told TASS on Thursday.

"We started work on establishment of working groups and preparation of an action plan in accordance with the memorandum," Kupriyanov said.

Gazprom, Italia’s Edison and Greek DEPA signed a memorandum on gas supplies from Russia over the Black Sea bottom from third countries to Greece and from Greece to Italy on February 24. The parties intend to maximize deliverables of work performed by Edison and DEPA within the ITGI Poseidon project [Turkey-Greece-Italy interconnector pipeline - TASS].