Media: Austria ready to help the EU to pay for gas from Russia to Kiev
Federal Chancellor of Austria Werner Faymann supports the idea of interim financing of gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine informs. Before the proposal was made by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Faymann said that the 1st of all to come to a common opinion about the amounts of such assistance. He said that the international monetary Fund (IMF) has provided Ukraine credit tranche intended the most important thing for payments to Gazprom.
along with this, Faymann said that the stability of gas supplies to the EU is of paramount importance." In winter, there must be confidence in the gas supply ", - noted He.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on October 24, urged the European Union to provide interim financing of gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine in the period from November to February. She said that different conceptions of " interim payment " will be discussed on October 29 in the negotiations of Russia and Ukraine with the participation of the European Commissioner for energy g?nther Oettinger.
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