Novak: the EC does not see the desire to discover the finances to pay for gas Kyiv
Russia still does not see the EC wishes to seek financial resources to ensure that Ukraine was able to purchase the necessary quantities of natural gas, said the head of the Ministry of energy of Russia Alexander Novak.
Tuesday was held in Brussels next round of tripartite talks on the gas in the format of Russia-Ukraine-EC present which again failed to reach agreement if the winter - until the end of March. According to the Russian negotiators, the key issue is the provision of external assistance to Ukraine, so that she was able to make an advance payment for gas deliveries from Russia in November-December (1, 6 billion dollars in the amount of 4 billion cubic meters).
" We offered our European colleagues to take measures to the European Bank for restoration and development, the European investment Bank, international monetary Fund and other international financial institutions (as guarantor of payment for gas - editor), " said Novak in an interview to television channel " Russia 24 ".
" There is a resource, in reality, but We do not see still desire to work in this direction by our European colleagues, which were required during this half a year to do so and seeking financial resources to ensure solvency of Ukraine, " the Russian Minister said.
the story is about half that has passed Since the submission by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in April letter to the leaders of the 18 European countries receiving gas from Russia via Ukraine, in which the question was raised about the inability of the latter to pay the current supply of " blue fuel ".
" The Russian side in the negotiations involved Authorised the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of economy, which is very clearly see and understand these issues. Another thing is that from the European Commission participate only Authorized the European Commission energy, " added Novak.