Ukraine expects gas deal with Russia on Sept. 25
KYIV, Sept 22 (Reuters) – A new gas deal to supply Russian
gas to Ukraine is likely to be signed this Friday, Ukrainian
energy minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn was quoted as saying on
Tuesday.
Moscow and Kyiv agreed last year on a winter package for
supplies with a price discount of $100 per thousand cubic metres
and advance payments. That agreement expired on July 1 and has
yet to be replaced.
“The position has already been formed and I think that the
meeting will take place on Friday, and the protocol will be
signed,” Interfax Ukraine news agency quoted Demchyshyn as
saying.
Demchyshyn said last week that Ukraine expected to reach a
winter gas deal with Moscow by the end of this week and that
$220 per 1,000 cubic metres (tcm) was an acceptable price for
supplies from Russia.
Moscow, which offers the price at around $250 per tcm, has
said it will not give Ukraine any additional gas price discount
for winter deliveries and the price will be calculated based on
the formula agreed in a contract between Moscow and Kyiv.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by David Holmes)
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