Lavrov hopes to assist the United States in negotiations on gas supplies
The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov Century in a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry tried to convince the United States to help in creating the conditions for negotiations on gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine, informs the Russian foreign Ministry on the first day weekend.
" The Russian Minister also expressed hope for the assistance of the US capital, given its close contacts with Kyiv, in the creation of favorable conditions for finding mutually acceptable agreements on the negotiations on gas supplies to Ukraine and on the consequences of the planned signing of the Treaty of Union between Ukraine and the EU ", - is informed in the report.
on the first day weekend evening in Kiev will be held dialogues on the problems of gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine between the European Commissioner for energy, representatives of the government of Ukraine, heads of Naftogaz and Gazprom.
on the last working day of the week, press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said about the fact that the Russian Federation transferred to the control system of pre-payment for delivered gas to Ukraine, because that does not reduce debt and is not consensus. First Chapter of " Gazprom " Alexei Miller said that Gazprom is obliged to obtain from " Naftogaz of Ukraine " to 10: 00 am on June 16, 1, 9 billion, otherwise, regarding gas supplies to Ukraine will be introduced the mode of payment.
on the last working day of the week in the evening the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatseniuk has ordered the relevant ministries, the leadership of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine and regional state administrations to pass to the plan for operation of the energy industry, which predusmatrivaet suspension of gas supplies from Russia from 16 June.