Kiev will not raise the issue of changing the transit rate at the trilateral gas talks, told reporters the head of " Naftogaz of Ukraine Andriy KOBOLEV.

"on the transit pumping in these negotiations matter to climb will not. There is a separate process, it is shown separately. Can be arbitration, may be the dialogue, but we have divided the dialogues on the acquisition of gas and transportation of gas, " - said Kobolyev correspondents.

according to him, Naftogaz is ready, as in the past year, to buy gas from Russia on a prepaid basis." This situation satisfies", he said. According to Kobolyev, the date of the tripartite talks on gas as long as unknown.

before the first day of the week Korolev reported that Ukraine hopes until November to sign a trilateral agreement on gas, which will give the opportunity to pass the autumn-winter period.

Transit rate through the territory of Ukraine is now 2, 7 dollars per thousand cubic meters per 100 kilometers. The Ukrainian side said that he wants to raise the bet to $ 5. Then the Ukrainian government has stated many times that the Treaty between Ukraine and Russia on gas transit to the European Union will be extended After 2019, as alternatives to the Ukrainian route no.

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