SAINT PETERSBURG.  August 20. KAZINFORM /Yelena Myagkova/ Issues concerning development of a package of draft energy agreements within formation of the Single Economic Space were discussed in the Ministry of Energy of Russia at a meeting of Russia's Minister Sergei Shmatko with Minister of Energy of Belarus Alexander Ozerets and Kazakh Minister of Oil and Gas Sauat Mynbayev.

As the press service of the Russian Ministry informs, the meeting took place prior to a sitting of the Customs Union's Commission which was held August 18. First Vice Chairman of the Russian Government Igor Shuvalov, Vice Minister of Energy of Russia Anatoly Yanovsky, Vice Prime Minister of Belarus Andrey Kobyakov, First Vice Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Umirzak Shukeyev as well as the members of the governments of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan attended the meeting.

The parties discussed the course of work on draft agreements formatting the regulatory-legal base of the Single Economic Space.