Turkmenistan offered Ukraine to buy gas at $100 for
1000 cu m and to solve the transt question with Russia, press office of
Turkmenistan Foreign Ministry reported.
During the negotiations between the Ukrainian
delegation and Turkmenistan Ministry on oil and gas industry the Ukrainian
party admitted the debt in the amount of 64 mln USD and assured Turkmenistan of
the repayment in September.
The sides also discussed the supply of Turkmenistan
gas to Ukraine. They agreed that the contract of December 2005 on supplies of
natural gas from Turkmenistan to Ukraine in 2006 had lost validity and become
obsolete. The Turkmenistan party proposed to make a new contract on supplies of
Turkmenistan gas to Ukraine in the forth quarter of 2006 at the price of $100
for 1000 cu m.
The Ukrainian side was also offered to obtain a
license for gas transit through the territory of Russia. Turkmenistan noted
that it is ready to consider the issue of gas supplies to Ukraine in 2007, if
the Ukrainian party obtains the transit license and makes corresponding
agreement on supplies’ quota.
The Ukrainian delegation agreed with Turkmenistan’s arguments
and left for Kyiv to have consultation with the government on gas price and
other terms of supplies.
The negotiations will be continued later.
