BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

22/06/2010

Belarus shuts down gas line to Europe

AFP

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday ordered the shutdown of transit of Russian gas supplies to Europe after Russia cut supplies to Belarus by a third in a debt dispute.

"I have now ordered the government to shut down transit through Belarus until Gazprom pays for transit," Lukashenko said during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in televised remarks.

Russia earlier announced that it was reducing supplies to Belarus by 30 per cent of normal daily volume after Minsk had taken no steps to resolve a debt to Gazprom of nearly 200 million dollars ($A229.08 million).

Source:

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/belarus-shuts-down-gas-line-to-europe-20100622-yvr5.html


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