1. Speech by the Secretary General of the GECF A path to stability of the gas market – a dialogue of exporters and importers of gas V International Conference EU-Russia Energy Dialogue: Gas Aspect Berlin, May 21, 2010 1

2. Gas Exporting Countries Forum Established in May 2001 by the governments of Algeria, Brunei, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, the Russian Federation, Turkmenistan and Norway (Observer) 2 In December 2008 transformed into a full-scale international organization Headquarters located in Doha, State of Qatar

3. Members and Observers 11 members of the Forum: Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela. Kazakhstan, Netherlands and Norway are Observers 3

4. Objectives to exploit and to manage natural gas reserves benefit of their nations; 4 to promote integration of the gas market and its stability; to protect the sovereign rights of Member-Countries over their natural gas reserves as well as the ability to independently plan and provide for sustainable and effective ecologically friendly development.

5. Organization Structure Executive Board Chairman Executive Board Chairman Secretariat Secretary General Secretariat Secretary General Ministerial Meeting President 5

6. Research activity 2010  Study opportunities in exchange of technical and commercial experiences in LNG,CNG and GTL.  Establish close cooperation with international energyу companies to jointly work on gas data reporting  Gas Model Installation 6

7. Natural gas competitive edges Natural gasShale gasRenewable energy Price «?» Ecology «-» Price «-» Ecology «+» 7

8. What we need... 8

9. The dialogue GECF 9

10. Thank you for your attention 9