Lavrov expressed confidence in the imminent progress in the negotiations on the "Pakistan Stream"

“The issue is already at an advanced stage of development.

I am sure that in the very near future progress will be recorded additionally, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

Earlier, Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov announced the readiness of Russia and Pakistan to sign documents on the construction of the Pakistan Stream gas pipeline.

As Shulginov noted, the throughput capacity of the Pakistan Stream gas pipeline could reach 16 billion cubic meters.

m per year.