Vladimir Putin says that he was on the side of the Republic of Moldova when negotiating with Gazprom – Capital
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During Thursday, the president Vladimir Putin was present at a forum on international relations, organized in Moscow, where he stated that he was on the side of the Republic of Moldova when this country negotiated with Gazprom the gas supply contract. However, his statements are contradictory to those of the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller.
The Kremlin leader also says that these discussions took place last fall, and then Gazprom adopted a pragmatic market position, writes Ria Novosti.
“The Moldovan side did not agree with Gazprom’s position and insisted on preferential prices. Gazprom insisted. Then Mr. Alexei Miller (head of the concern) came to me, explained his point of view and declared that this is the right one. I asked him to meet the Moldovan side, taking into account the economic and financial possibilities of the Moldovan state”, said the Russian president.
President Vladimir Putin says that at the time he asked Alexei Miller what sense it made to insist on the price of gas supplies to. Republic of Moldovaif this country cannot pay the price demanded, although it would have been a fair one.
The Kremlin leader also said that Alexei Miller did not agree with his opinion, but took it into account.
The Republic of Moldova signed a new contract with Gazprom last year
During the past year, the neighboring country signed a contract with Gazprom, which provided for differentiated prices for the cold and hot season and the obligation to Republic of Moldova to pay half of the payments in advance by the 20th of each month.
The contract also stipulated that the price was set each month and that it depended, in fact, on the spot price at natural look and gasoline.
The Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister says that Gazprom has not given any answer to the Republic of Moldova
The statements of the Russian president come in the context in which the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, Andrei Spînu, specified that the government in Chisinau did not receive any response from Gazprom regarding the gas delivery in November, although it tried to contact the Russian concern. repeatedly.
We remind you that at the beginning of October, gas deliveries to the Republic of Moldova were reduced by 30%, he writes Su.