BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

17/01/2009

Belarus proposes laying gas pipeline to bypass Ukraine

MOSCOW. Jan 17 (Interfax) - Belarus proposes laying a new pipeline to guarantee stable supplies of Russian gas to Europe and offers to seek the consent of Poland and Germany to such a project, a source in the Belarusian delegation to the current gas summit in Moscow said on Saturday.

"Belarus believes that it would be an economically efficient project today to build a Yamal-Europe-2 gas pipeline. The situation that has taken shape today shows that additional reliable facilities for the transit of Russian gas to Europe are needed as soon as possible," the source told Interfax.

The proposed pipeline would carry gas from the Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia. It would be a second strand of the current Yamal- Europe pipeline.

"The Nord Stream and South Stream [pipeline] projects that Russia is considering cannot be put into reality before 2010 [while] Yamal- Europe 2 might be put into operation within a period of a year and a half to two years with much lower financial inputs," the source said.

"Belarus is willing to take on a commitment to seek the consent of Poland and Germany to the construction of Yamal-Europe-2," he said.

Source:

http://www.interfax.com/3/463966/news.aspx

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