Peskov: "channel four" discussed the gas supplies to Ukraine
The decision of the gas issue for Ukraine appeared at the meeting in "Norman format" in the context of the already initialed, told reporters the President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov.
"The gas issue was discussed. The gas issue was also mentioned, but in the context of those documents, which were initialed with the Ukrainian side and the Russian side, " he said.
"The Ukrainian side has promised (to sign documents). We are assuming still that we managed to reach agreements that suit all concerned parties, " said Sands.
on Wednesday the head of Ministry Alexander Novak said that the tripartite Protocol signed by the Russian Federation and the European Commission, is now " the ball is on the Ukrainian side ". However, He added that the Protocol is based on existing contracts of "Gazprom" and " Naftogaz ", Ukraine has all opportunities to start pay for gas from Russia today at the time of the agreements reached in Brussels on 25 September.
According to the agreement, Ukraine undertook obyazatelstva to buy from Russia to 2 billion cubic meters of gas. Delivery financing will be secured through a credit of five hundred million dollars raised by Kiev With the help of the EC. Russia will give Ukraine a discount to the contract price of gas in the amount of about $ 20 per thousand cubic meters.
The meeting of the presidents of Russia, France, Ukraine and Chancellor of Germany was held at the Elysee Palace, in a narrow format, the leaders talked approximately within one hour, after which the dialogue was continued in an expanded format. In total, the leaders of the 4 countries talked 4 hours and 50 minutes - 3 times less than in the previous talks. The previous meeting of the "Normandy four" summit was held in Minsk on 11-12 February. Then the dialogue continued for 16 hours, the result was consensus, known as the " Minsk-2 ".