BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

03/08/2007

Russia-Belarus gas conflict won`t affect EU supplies

Europe has expresses big concern on gas conflict between Russia and Belarus. Stable European economy is based on steady and in-time gas supplies.

The Russian side has informed that the conflict is not to affect gas deliveries to Europe. The energy products are to supplied as usual.

Today by 10 a. m. Belarus has transferred a part of Belarusian gas debt for 2007, $190 mln, to Gazprom. The rest of the debt, about $266mln, is to be paid within a week. From now on Russia expects Belarus to pay its 100% gas bills in time. Gazprom has announced its decision to postpone limiting the gas deliveries to Belarusian.

So another gas conflict between Moscow and Minsk has been fixed up at least for a week.

Source:

http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/4471/

Google