Tripoli (dpa) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, on one of his final foreign trips, will hold further talks on Thursday with Libyan President Moammer Gaddafi about the idea of building an organization of major natural gas producers.

Putin began his trip to Libya on Wednesday - one of his final foreign trip before the end of his presidential term on May 7. Later Thursday he will go to Italy.

Moscow seeks to strengthen cooperation with Tripoli in economic, scientific and oil and gas projects, Putin told Gaddafi.

Putin said he was pleased with the activities of Russian firms in oil explorations in Libya.

Russia's natural gas company Gazprom unveiled plans last week for joint gas projects in Libya with Italy's Eni.