Novak: Russia hopes consensus on gas with Ukraine on Tuesday
The head of the Ministry of energy of Russia Alexander Novak hopes that the results of the trilateral meeting in Gaza in Brussels will be documented consensus with Ukraine on gas supplies from Russia in the period before the end of March and is designed to supply uninterrupted transit to the European Union during the coming winter. " consensus were achieved in Milan. We hope that today We are obliged to issue them, " said Novak before the tripartite Ministerial meeting of the gas Russia-Ukraine-EC, RIA " Novosti ". Remember, during the meeting of the presidents of Russia and Ukraine centuries Putin and Petro Poroshenko on the last working day of the week, the leaders agreed on the terms of resumption of gas supplies to Ukraine in the winter. This Poroshenko announced the existence as if the common position of the EU and Ukraine on " winter " prices and promised that in winter, the country will not be issues with gas. However, the contract on gas supplies to Ukraine is a pipe, not a spot, and not subject to price fluctuations depending on the season. It, thus, cannot go about the so-called summer and winter the price of gas supplies to Ukraine. We emphasize that Poroshenko repeated the same that was announced by Putin on the results of the negotiations. Namely, the gas Ukraine has the opportunity to be granted, but as long as it remains unclear as Kiev wishes for him to pay.