BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

22/06/2006

Russia, Belarus to share same gas price

MOSCOW, June 22 (UPI) -- A top Russian lawmaker said Wednesday Belarus and Russia would have no gas price difference if they formed a full-fledged union state.

"I am confident that if the union states becomes a reality, we will have no problems and differences regarding pries," Sergey Baburin, deputy speaker of Russia's State Duma, told reporters in Polastsk, Belapan news agency reported.

"I hope that a solution to this pretty vague situation will be found before the year end," Baburin said.

Baburin said the Russian Parliamentary Assembly would play its role in ensuring a flawless process.

"We will discuss matters that above all concern economy and the formation of our union state. We will think together how to make the union state more tangible, important for ordinary people in Belarus and Russia," Baburin said.

Source:

http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20060622-025351-8792r