Ukraine can’t sleep securely with the existing gas contract. According to the prime-minister of the country Nikolay Azarov the present agreement cannot be valid for a long time, because the Ukrainian side hopes to close the books on discussing this — very controversial both for Ukraine and for Russia — question, Vzglyad reports.
The head of the Ukrainian government points out: “We would like our partners to understand and we are trying to convey this in our negotiations quite persistently – that the contract which does not satisfy — completely does not satisfy — one of the sides – will not last long”.
Speaking on air of one of the TV channels, the prime-minister said that he had recently had a telephone conversation with the prime-minister of Russia Vladimir Putin. In the course of the conversation the Russian prime-minister promised to give the order to stimulate the activities of the working group on energy matters.
“We got back to the talks we were having during our meetings and agreed that he will give directions to his ministers to vitalize the work of the working group on discussing the matters on which we have not yet come to a coordinated decision, including the energy question”. — Azarov pointed out.
Photo: prime-minister of Ukraine Nikolay Azarov
Метки: gas contract
