MUNICH, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Nord Stream II pipelineproject will be implemented on schedule by the end of 2019 andlaying of pipes for the project will start next year, AlexeiMiller, chief executive of Russia's Gazprom, said on Saturday.
"We are now preparing to hold tenders for the purchase ofpipes, in September there will be a tender for the laying ofpipes and in early 2017 the (pipeline laying) work will begin,"
Miller told journalists.
"We have no doubt that the Nord Stream II project will beimplemented on schedule before the end of 2019." (Reporting by Denis Dyomkin; Writing in Moscow by Lidia Kelly;editing by Adrian Croft)