Naftogaz Ukrainy does not intend in the current winter
to buy natural gas from Gazprom without signing an additional agreement to the
contract for its sale and purchase, head of the state holding Andriy Kobolev
has said.
"If the Russian colleagues do not accept the
standard terms of the contract [do not sign the additional agreement that is
traditional in recent years] by the end of winter, we are unlikely to buy gas
from them," he said at a press conference in Kyiv.
As reported, Naftogaz insists that in addition to
providing a favorable price offer it is necessary to sign an additional
agreement with the abolition of the "take or pay" rule for the period
of gas purchases in accordance with the holding's prepayment. In addition, the
document should clearly define the points of gas delivery to Ukraine to prevent
its supply to the uncontrolled territory of Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
The price of gas under the contract between Russia's
Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrainy is now is $178-183 per 1,000 cubic meters, while
from the first quarter of 2017 it will rise to $200-210 per 1,000 cubic meters.
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