The Ministry of energy and coal industry of Ukraine appealed to the national Bank with a request for the allocation of 1, 7 billion dollars to pay for reverse gas to the EU, said the Minister Yuriy Prodan.
" We always go to " Naftogaz " has been able to acquire adequate amounts of foreign currency for settlement on the reverse before gas suppliers from the European Union countries - Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, " said Sold, answering the question of why the Ministry of energy has applied to the national Bank to issue 1, 7 billion.
The debt of Naftogaz of Ukraine to Gazprom for gas supplied at the end of 2013 - the first part of 2014, is about 5, 3 billion dollars, and in connection with chronic non-payment of the Ukrainian state company under the current contract has been transferred to the prepaid system.
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