BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

06/12/2006

Gazprom says no progress in gas talks with Belarus

MOSCOW, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom (GAZP.MM: Quote, Profile , Research) said on Wednesday there was still no progress in gas talks with Belarus to guarantee stable supplies for the country and the transit of gas to Poland and Germany next year.

"There is still no ground for optimism," Gazprom's spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov told Ekho Moskvy radio station.

Gazprom wants to raise gas prices for Belarus to over $200 per 1,000 cubic metres from around $46 now. The company has said it would accept a share in Belarus's local trunk pipelines to guarantee lower prices in 2007.

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http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-12-06T122452Z_01_L06582132_RTRIDST_0_RUSSIA-BELARUS-GAS-URGENT.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna

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