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MOSCOW, October 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Industry and Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko will be visiting the United States on October 23-28 to discuss Russian energy resource supplies and projects to develop Russia's hydrocarbon transport infrastructure, and possible liquefied gas deliveries to the U.S. The Industry and Energy Ministry said in a statement Thursday that meetings in the U.S. would be attended by executives from major Russian companies on the participation of American investors in Russian projects and the situation on the global energy resources markets. "While in Washington, Viktor Khristenko is scheduled to meet with Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, members of the key departments of the U.S. energy and industrial sector, including Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy Pete Domenici and Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Joe Barton," the ministry said. "The visit program includes meetings with the CEOs of ConocoPhillips, Chevron, Rouge Steel, Ford, General Motors, and Boeing." Khristenko and representatives of AvtoVAZ, Russia's leading automaker, the truck producer KamAZ and the steel producer Severstal are also expected to visit America's largest automotive and steel plants and, in the final phase of the trip, meet with top executives from Boeing, which uses Russian-made parts.