8 Nov 2011 16:43

Russia will protect domestic transport companies while implementing integration projects - Putin

NOVOSIBIRSK. Nov 8 (Interfax) - The interests of domestic transport companies must be protected in the first place while expanding the transportation system in the common economic and customs space of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

"As we are implementing integration projects and forming a common market, the interests of domestic transport companies must be taken into account. We are well aware of this and we are being guided by this in talks with our partners," Putin told a national transport industry conference in Novosibirsk.

He also said that "equal conditions must be created for all."