Nord Stream shareholders to sign agreement with Gasunie

The shareholders of Nord Stream are expected to sign an agreement with Holland's Gasunie on its joining the project, a source close to the gas pipeline project told RBC today. The document will be signed during the official visit by Holland's Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and State Secretary for Foreign Trade Frans Heemskerk to Russia on November 5-8, 2007. The Dutch officials are visiting Moscow in order to hold talks on the strengthening of trade cooperation between the two countries.