03.07.2013 09:04:49 Wednesday Putin urged gas exporters to unite against Europe Baku/03.07.13/Turan: Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized Europe’s attempts to revise the conditions of gas deliveries and urged other exporters to unite against the Third Energy Packet. At the Forum of Gas Exporting-Countries on July 1, 2013 Putin offered to oppose to the demands of the Third Energy Packet, which limits combination of gas sales and transportation. President has criticized Europe’s intention to refuse of long-term contracts and tie the gas prices to the oil quotes. The countries-participants of the Forum have announced “their intention to coordinate their actions to defend interests of the gas exporting countries in all the areas, including cooperation with the regulation agencies of the gas consuming countries.” 65% of proved gas resources and almost 50% of export falls to the participants of the Forum. “We have invested into infrastructure, developed pipeline transport and invested billions of dollars into the projects on the basis of the rules that were in effect then. The Third Energy Packet is applied to everything that has been done before,” President Putin said. He added that not only Russia faced the threat of its application. In such conditions solidarity of the gas exporting countries becomes very important, Interfax quoted Putin as saying. Representatives of EU and European gas buyers refused to comment on Putin’s statement. “Gasprom has been seeking cancellation of limitations of the Third Energy Packet for its Nord Stream pipeline branches OPAL and NEL for several years.” This year resource of retroactive payments to the European consumers will grow again, said Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Board of Gasprom. The prices for the key clients will reduce within the limits of 7-10%, reported Vedomosti.-0- Count of browsing 3 Azerbaijan Republic, AZ1000, Baku, St.Khagani 20 Phone: (99412)598-42-26,593-59-67 Fax: (99412)598-38-17 Email: [email protected] Web: turan.az 5336 0 Powered by © Turan Information Agency, 2000
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