Moscow and Minsk have not reached an agreement on gas – Sight

The Belarusian minister Andrei Kobyakov said that Minsk and Moscow have not yet come to concrete agreements on gas price for Belarus.

«We discussed and continue to discuss. On concrete solutions did not come, but there are areas in which we will continue the dialogue “, – RIA” Novosti “statement Kobyakov in Minsk on the occasion of the negotiations on the gas issue

On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Minsk where. he arrived for talks with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko and participate in the forum of Russia and Belarus regions.

As previously reported by the Kremlin press service, Putin and Lukashenko will hold a separate meeting in which to discuss the implementation of decisions taken at the meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State, and other topical issues of relations between the two countries. It was reported that at a bilateral meeting the leaders will discuss issues of gas issues.

May 31, Deputy Chairman of the Board holding Alexander Medvedev said that Belarus should Gazprom more than $ 200 million for gas supplies.

May 28 Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak reported that the Russian authorities do not plan to sue on Belarus in the Stockholm court for the settlement of problems with payment of debts for Russian gas.

May 27 First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus said that Belarus is negotiating with Russian partners about a discount on gas and hopes to soon reach an agreement on this issue.

Energy Minister of Belarus Vladimir Potupchik May 17 said that the negotiations between Russia and Belarus at the price of Russian gas supplies came progress.

Meanwhile, on May 13 the head of the Russian Ministry of Energy Alexander Novak said that Moscow does not intend to grant Belarus a discount on gas.

May 12 Novak said that the Belarusian debt to Gazprom for January-April 2016 is more than $ 125 million. At the same time Vladimir Patupchyk Energy Minister of Belarus said that Belarus does not recognize the existence of the debt to Gazprom for the gas supplied.

He also said that the leadership of his country considers a fair price for Russian gas at 73 dollars per 1 thousand. Cubic meters.

The supplier of Russian gas on the territory of Belarus advocates “Gazprom Transgaz Belarus” (formerly “Beltransgaz”, 100 per cent subsidiary of Gazprom in 2011). In 2015, Russian gas supplies to the republic amounted to 18.79 billion cubic meters.

3 May “Gazprom Transgaz Belarus”, – the Russian “daughter” of Gazprom – appealed to the Arbitration Court of Belarus in connection with the underpayment of state-owned enterprises of the republic for gas.

In April, Gazprom called it inappropriate reduction in gas prices for Belarus, deliveries are carried out strictly according to the formula “production price plus transportation costs».