Russia and Ukraine reached agreement on transportation of gas

The prime ministers of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Julija Timošenko, have reached the agreement on transportation of Russian gas and deliveries to European countries should start again soon.

- Transportation of gas to Europe by the gas pipeline through Ukraine should commence again soon – said Putin after the meeting with Julija Timošenko.

As the people from Kremlin announced, Russian “Gazprom” and Ukrainian "Naftogas" should formalize the agreement, which will be immediately followed by the commencement of gas deliveries.

It is also stated that the prices of gas transit will remain the same in 2009.

International meeting whose subject was the problem of gas supply to Europe was held on January 17th, 2009, in Moscow, but no agreement was reached on that occasion.

The conference was attended by the representatives of European Union, as well as by Julija Timošenko and Vladimir Putin.

High representatives of nine countries took part in the meeting. One of these countries was Serbia and it was represented by Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković, while the delegation of Serbia included Petar Škundrić, the Minister of Energy, and Dušan Bajatović, the President of "Srbijagas".

Gazprom Moscow

Vlada Republike Srbije

JP Srbijagas Novi Sad

Vladimir Putin

Julija Timošenko

Kremlin

Gazprom

Naftogas

Moscow

Mirko Cvetković

Petar Škundrić

Dušan Bajatović