The
delegation led by Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Hryhoriy Nemyria took part in
a meeting with participants of extraordinary sitting of the EU Ministerial
Energy Council held in Brussels.
In his
speech the Vice Premier thanked to EU representatives for facilitating in
resuming of Ukrainian-Russian dialog concerning restoring of Russian gas
transit via the territory of Ukraine to the states-members of the
European Union.
Hryhoriy
Nemyria stressed in these issues of extreme importance appears keeping
provisions of the Memorandum, signed by prime ministers of Ukraine and Russia
October 2, 2008, in particular its key provisions on absence of any mediators
between the economy subjects of the two states and in terms of gradual
transition to the market prices for gas and its transit.
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine emphasized that since January 1 of
the current year Ukraine hasn’t received a cubic meter of
Russian gas for its own needs. Besides, as a result of actions of Russia the transit of Russian gas to the
EU states proved impossible.
“From the
first day Ukraine was making concrete practical steps
to liquidate a crisis situation with gas deliveries, resulted from actions of
Russian party,” Hryhoriy Nemyria underlined.
He reminded that Prime Minister of Ukraine
Yulia Tymoshenko suggested in her conversation with President of the European
Commission Jose Manual Barroso to send at fastest the monitors from the EU
targeting independent control over transition of the Russian gas through the territory of Ukraine. The practical work of
international monitoring mission proved possible in the aftermath Ukrainian
side and the EU signed a Joint letter on intentions to launch such mission on
January 8.
On January
11 Ukrainian, Russian parties and the EU inked a respective Protocol on control
over transit of Russian gas through the territory of Ukraine.
“Consequently,
Ukraine paid every effort to make Russia resume deliveries of gas and its
transit to the EU states from tomorrow,” Hryhoriy Nemyria stressed.
He added a
non-solved issue remains shipment of Russian gas for Ukraine’s needs.
As reported
earlier, present within the Russian delegation deputy head of board of Gazprom
Olexandr Medvedev announced that Russia from January 13 of the current
year, at 8:00 a.m. on Central European time will completely
resume supplies of Russian gas to be transited to the EU member-states.
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