It Naftogaza Ukraine holds talks in Moscow

On Monday the delegation of NAC Naftogaz Ukrainy holds talks in Moscow, told the press secretary Holding Valentin Zemlyansky. Gazprom has repeatedly stated that the failure of the debt the Ukrainian side is an obstacle to new contracts with effect from 1 January 2009, which, in turn, could lead to a cessation of the supply of gas Ukraine. The debt for gas, estimated the Russian side, in the light of December will exceed 3 billion dollars. The proposal Gazprom Ukrainian repay debt through pre-payment of transit of Russian gas through Ukrainian territory to Europe is not beneficial to Naftogaza , said in an interview with Deutsche Welle director of energy programs center Nomos Michael Gonchar.Po his opinion, talk about the present rates of transit of Russian gas to Europe on Ukrainian territory to harmonize the price of gas prematurely, and in the case of the appointment of market gas prices should be set and the European Rates of transit. Lack prices today due to the failure of the gazpromovskoy policy in Central Asia. They do not have the price of gas from Turkmenistan. And, accordingly, nothing can offer Ukrainian side , – argues Gonchar.Spor around the Ukrainian gas debts, according to experts, is continuing because of the promulgation of Gazprom , Naftogaz Ukrainy and RosUkrEnergo only part of the truth. In particular, Gonchar called absurd requirement to repay debt for December, even before completion of the mesyatsa.Ofitsialny representative of OAO Gazprom Sergei Kupriyanov repeated ozvuchival compromise proposal by the Russian side: the payment of transit of Russian gas through Ukrainian territory for the year ahead. According to him, this will help solve the problem with buying the currency at that Naftogaz invoked to explain the delay of payments. The Ukrainian side has not accepted this proposal. The representative of Gazprom said that the position of Ukraine is nekonstruktivnoy.Kupriyanov noted that in the remaining few days of our challenge – to try to find other mechanisms for debt other than direct payments of cash . Gazprom , as one of the options for repayment offers Ukraine to hold an advance payment for transit of gas through the existing rate of 1.7 dollars per thousand cubic meters per 100 kilometers.