Gas transit to the European Union depends on Gazprom, said the energy Minister of Ukraine Yuriy Sold on the margins of the meeting in Minsk.
" The European organization have a contract With whom? With Gazprom. They now have contracts With Ukrainki operator, " said Sold, RIA " Novosti ". Answering clarifying question whether Ukraine to block the Transit of gas Sold said: " Ukraine has never blocked the Transit of gas from Russia. Gas from Russia blocked Gazprom. Today assurances of supply depend only on the behavior of Gazprom. According to him, Ukraine is looking for vendors for possible import of coal. He did not identify possible suppliers: " It is a commercial secret." There may not be enough (gas) depending on temperature. But we now have certain capabilities of reverse gas supplies From Europe, and in certain circumstances we May run out of gas, " said Sold. However, He acknowledged that, if necessary, to increase the amount of reversal is possible only if Gazprom will go to the European principles on the gas market "." Then everything will be fine and reliability of supply in the European Union and reliability of gas supply to Ukraine. But, unfortunately, Gazprom until not want to go on European principles, " said Sold. Remember, June 16 From 10. 00 GMT Gazprom has entered the mode of payment for the supply and stop supplying gas to Ukraine. The pipeline is exclusively designed for transit to the European Union blue fuel in the amount of 185 million cubic meters per day. The Parliament of Ukraine in the last month of summer has passed in the 2nd reading of the draft law, which provides for the possibility of introducing a relatively Russia 29 types of penalties, including termination of transit of energy resources.

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