URGENT: Russia's Medvedev pushes Dutch cos. ahead with Gazprom projects

AMSTERDAM, June 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged the Netherlands on Saturday to push ahead with talks on involvement in projects in northwest Siberia's Yamal by Russian energy giant Gazprom.

"I think we can push ahead with [Yamal] projects," Medvedev said at a joint news conference with Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende.