Saturday, January 3, 2009

Tymoshenko promised EU uninterrupted transit of Russian gas.

SyuzhetyDolgi Ukraine to Gazprom in 2008 godu31.12.2008Ukraina left without gas 1 January 2009 godaPremer Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said she was President of European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso to ensure uninterrupted transit of Russian gas to Europe through Ukrainian territory , transmits Interfax with reference to the press service head of the Government of Ukraine.
Reported that in the same telephone conversation with Barroso, Tymoshenko stressed the need to find a compromise on the parameters and the ratio of the price of transit and gas and promised to reach a "mutually acceptable solution" in negotiations with Russia in the coming days.
December 31, in Moscow have been negotiating the management of the company Naftogaz "with Russia's Gazprom, in which Russian and Ukrainian parties were unable to agree on debt repayment. As a result, the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller said that gas supplies to Ukraine will be halted at 10 am January 1.
Miller also promised that supplies of Russian gas to Europe will continue in full in accordance with existing contracts.
The company Naftogaz "after the talks said that the transit will be implemented smoothly, although earlier reports of the letter" Naftogaz "to Gazprom, in which the Ukrainian company promised to begin the confiscation of the transit of gas.

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