DATE:
2006-01-09
MOSCOW, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Russian gas giant Gazprom wants to increase the volume of gas it sends to Europe via Belarus, a top company official said on Sunday.
Gazprom and Belarus' Beltransgaz company have agreed to set up a working group to discuss joint projects, which include underground gas storage facilities in Belarus and expanding its transit capacity for Russian gas supply to Europe, Gazprom deputy chairman Alexander Medvedev was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying after talks in Minsk with Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Gazprom provides about half the gas consumed in the European Union and 80 percent of that amount is sent through pipelines that cross Ukraine.
Medvedev's announcement came four days after Russia and Ukraine ended a bitter, months-long dispute over gas supply. The gas dispute led Russia to briefly cut off gas to Ukraine and sent shivers to Europe where supply shortfalls sparked concerns of its energy security.
Source:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/09/content_4026289.htm
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