There will be no extension of the current contract or signing of a new one with Gazprom, assured Denis Shmyhal.
Ukraine is ready to extend Russian gas transit through its gas transportation system (GTS), but such an initiative must be taken by the European Union. Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal said this at a press conference in Kyiv on Monday, March 4.
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“We, of course, are not planning negotiations with the aggressor country to extend (the transit contract,” edit.) and put our signatures on the agreement, but we repeatedly talked with European leaders based on the European Commission. If European countries act as a consortium, or if one of the European partners acts as a transit country for their gas, we are ready to provide such a service. Here the initiative is on the side of the EU and our European partners,” he said.
According to Shmygal, the Ukrainian gas transportation system is ready to operate without the transit of Russian natural gas.
“We definitely have a plan B. The system will not disappear. Our state needs it and we have other options for its use, including for transit,” assured the head of government.
As you know, December 30, 2019 Naftogaz And Gazprom signed a contract for 2021–2024, which provides for the transit of 40 billion cubic meters. m of gas per year.
Earlier on Monday it became known that the European Commission does not plan to participate in any contacts with Russia to continue the transit of gas to European countries through the Ukrainian gas transportation system. European officials will take the necessary steps to completely get rid of Russian gas.
It was also reported that Ukraine’s gas storage facilities and gas transmission systems will undergo a reliability test in the face of a possible stoppage of gas transit from Russia.
Source: korrespondent
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