MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) - The...

ENI is so far Gazprom"s only partner in the project, designed to deliver gas to Europe via the Black Sea.

According to the Russian gas monopoly, Gazprom"s Alexei Miller and Eni"s Paolo Scaroni "discussed the possibility of inviting a third partner in the project to build the sea sector of the gas pipeline."

In May, the two partners signed a second addendum to a memorandum of understanding on further steps to implement the project. Gazprom also signed a package of documents on South Stream with Bulgarian, Greek and Serbian energy companies, and agreements with Austria and Slovenia were also planned.

Russian business daily Kommersant reported in mid-September that state-controlled Electricite de France planned to sign a deal with Gazprom for at least a 10% stake in South Stream.

Miller said on Monday that Turkey, Romania and a number of other countries were also seeking to participate.

A number of officials, including Russian President Dmitry Medvedev,

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