EEU needs consensus on common gas market – Lukashenko
<p> MINSK, May 19 - PrimePress. The countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) need to reach consensus on prices of gas transportation in the common market, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said on May 19 during the EEU online summit. </p> <p> </p> <p> The intergovernmental council failed to achieve an agreement on gas transportation tariffs on April 23, 2020. Before that, Lukashenko addressed the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, asking Russian President Vladimir Putin to quickly consider gas prices in the EEU, to make them more flexible in the crisis situation. </p> <p> </p> <p> “The issue of prices of gas transportation services in the EEU common market remains unresolved. We cannot find a final mutually acceptable solution for several years now. Today, we must reach a consensus that we all need,” Lukashenko said. </p> <p> </p> <p> He prioritized the adoption of a draft Eurasian economic integration strategy for the period to 2025. In general, the parties managed to make agreed decisions in all areas of integration. </p> <p> </p> <p> As reported, in February 2020, Gazprom head Alexei Miller and Belarus’ Ambassador to the Russian Federation Vladimir Semashko approved a pricing procedure for supplies of Russian gas to Belarus in 2020, which left the gas price for Belarus at the level of 2019 ($127 per 1,000 cubic meters). Since then, Belarus has been insisting that Russian gas for Minsk should equal Russia’s domestic prices, as provided for by the 2011 agreement on the sale of Beltransgaz gas transmission company to Gazprom. </p> <p> </p> <p> Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Rumas said on May 14 that Belarus would try to prove to Gazprom in May 2020 that the price of gas imported from Russia at $127 per 1,000 cubic meters is excessive, since the spot price stands at $80. </p> <p> </p> <p> The Eurasian Economic Union is an international integration economic association that has been operating since January 1, 2015. It unites Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Belarus is presiding in EEU bodies in 2020. End </p>
2020-05-20
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EEU needs consensus on common gas market – Lukashenko
MINSK, May 19 - PrimePress. The countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) need to reach consensus on prices of gas transportation in the common market, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said on May 19 during the EEU online summit.
The intergovernmental council failed to achieve an agreement on gas transportation tariffs on April 23, 2020. Before that, Lukashenko addressed the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, asking Russian President Vladimir Putin to quickly consider gas prices in the EEU, to make them more flexible in the crisis situation.
“The issue of prices of gas transportation services in the EEU common market remains unresolved. We cannot find a final mutually acceptable solution for several years now. Today, we must reach a consensus that we all need,” Lukashenko said.
He prioritized the adoption of a draft Eurasian economic integration strategy for the period to 2025. In general, the parties managed to make agreed decisions in all areas of integration.
As reported, in February 2020, Gazprom head Alexei Miller and Belarus’ Ambassador to the Russian Federation Vladimir Semashko approved a pricing procedure for supplies of Russian gas to Belarus in 2020, which left the gas price for Belarus at the level of 2019 ($127 per 1,000 cubic meters). Since then, Belarus has been insisting that Russian gas for Minsk should equal Russia’s domestic prices, as provided for by the 2011 agreement on the sale of Beltransgaz gas transmission company to Gazprom.
Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Rumas said on May 14 that Belarus would try to prove to Gazprom in May 2020 that the price of gas imported from Russia at $127 per 1,000 cubic meters is excessive, since the spot price stands at $80.
The Eurasian Economic Union is an international integration economic association that has been operating since January 1, 2015. It unites Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Belarus is presiding in EEU bodies in 2020. End