BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

18/06/2010

Belarus to discuss gas supplies wth Gazprom-Ifax

ST PETERSBURG Russia, June 18 (Reuters) - Belarus' Energy Minister will hold emergency talks with Russian energy giant Gazprom (GAZP.MM: Quote) to avoid a gas supply cut due to outstanding debts, Interfax said on Friday citing unnamed sources in Minsk.

Russia has said Belarus has until Monday to pay its state energy monopoly Gazprom $192 million in debt for this year's deliveries or else it will cut 85 percent of its neighbour's gas supplies [ID:nLDE65H0DE].

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; editing by John Bowker)

Source:

http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFLDE65H1T620100618


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