Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoy DEA Newsthat the republic will receive Russian gas at the lowest price in the world until 2031.
According to Krutoy, such a decision was made by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“The basic long-term agreement with Gazprom on the supply of gas to the republic in guaranteed volumes is valid until 2031. <…> “There is a decision by Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin that Belarus, which has a long-term contract with Gazprom until 2031, has the world’s lowest gas price for third countries,” he said.
It was noted that by December, the Presidents of the Russian Federation and Belarus will be presented with a methodology for converging the formula for calculating gas prices between the two countries, taking into account the structure of the economy, in order to conclude a joint agreement. gas market. According to Krutoy, shortly after signing the gas market agreement, Moscow and Minsk could sign the joint electricity market agreement.
Previously at the Ministry of Energy declarationThere will not be a single approach to gas cost for Belarus and Kazakhstan.