BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

17/04/2008

Ukraine, Belarus continue negotiations on electric energy supply

Ukrinform

Ukraine and Belarus continue negotiations on electric energy supply, First Deputy Fuel and Energy Minister Oleh Buhayev informed, while commenting on information about refusal of Belarus to purchase Ukrainian electric energy.

He confirmed that positions of the parties remain unchanged: Belarus is not ready to purchase electric energy at the offered price, and Ukraine is not able to reduce this price.

Buhayev also reminded about an issue interesting for the two countries concerning electric energy supply to the Baltic countries via Belarus.

Belarus started to purchase Russian electric energy in March.

Ukraine cut off exports of electric energy to Belarus since July 1, 2007.

Source:

http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/en/publish/news_article?art_id=126921140&cat_id=32598

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