Lukashevich: issues on Ukraine's GTS not have the opportunity to be solved without participation of the Russian Federation
Questions about the future of the Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS) by definition cannot be solved without Russia's participation, said the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich.
" I think that without Russian participation, such Questions simply by definition, do not have the ability to decide, in so far as the share of gas from Russia, And most importantly, transit supplies to the European Union - it is very solid. And, in principle, without the Russian factor in Ukrainian gas transportation system, the most in that kind in which we see now, hardly anyone will be necessary, " the Russian diplomat said at a press conference on Thursday.
The government of Ukraine submitted to the Parliament a draft law that permits to make the operator GTS country in which to 49% have the opportunity to get investors from the US And the EU. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that this step will give Kiev the opportunity to have a fresh rules of transporting gas from Russia to stop the construction of South stream And send all the volumes that were planned under the pipeline through Ukraine.
along with this, the experts stress that Ukraine may face difficulties in attracting investors from the US And the EU to create a single operator of the gas transportation system. So, Deputy General Director for gas projects of the national energy security Fund Oleksiy Grivach said Last news that the Russian Federation does not And probably will not guarantee download GTS of Ukraine, and without that investors asset uninteresting.