BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

29/12/2006

European Commission Sees No Crisis in Russia-Belarus Gas Row

MosNews

The European Commission says it is remaining calm amid a threat that Russian natural-gas supplies to the European Union could be disrupted due to a pricing row between the Russian state-run energy giant Gazprom and Belarus.

The Radio Liberty has quoted European Commission spokesman Amadeu Altafaj Tardio as saying that "there is no crisis" yet, and that certain EU member states have more than enough gas stocks to deal with any disruption.

Belarus has threatened to deny Gazprom access to Belarus pipelines for deliveries to Western Europe if Gazprom cuts supplies to Belarus for failing to accept a steep increase in prices from January 1.

Source:

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/12/29/nocrisis.shtml

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