MINSK, Jun 8 (PRIME) -- Moscow and Minsk have reached no clear agreements
on the price of Russian gas for Belarus, Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei
Kobyakov told reporters Wednesday.
“We have discussed that and we will continue to discuss it. We have not
reached clear agreements, but we have directions along which we will continue
our dialogue,” he said.
In April, Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov said that Minsk expects
the price for Russian gas exports to fall to U.S. $80 per 1,000 cubic meters
from the current $142 due to the decline of the ruble against the U.S. dollar.
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in May that Belarus owes
Gazprom over $125 million for gas supplied in January–April, while Minsk did
not recognize the debt. Also in May, Gazprom’s local unit Gazprom Transgaz
Belarus filed a $125 million suit over the debt to the arbitration court of the
Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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