Kiev said about the decision of Hungary to increase reverse gas to Ukraine
Budapest has agreed to increase the amount of the reverse of the blue fuel to Ukraine, said in the Ministry of energy of Ukraine after the meeting, Minister Yuriy Prodan and the head of Naftogaz Andrei Koroleva with the Minister of foreign trade and foreign Affairs of Hungary tiborem Navracsics and Minister of national development Miklos by Shestak.
" The parties agreed on the opportunity of increase in volumes of gas supplies to Ukraine from the territory of Hungary ", - is informed in the report, RIA " Novosti ". We emphasize that in April the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller said that the idea of reverse gas supplies from Europe to Ukraine raises questions: physical reverse hardly possible, and " virtual " reverse requires consideration from the perspective of legality. In the same month, the European Commission also concluded that the reverse of gas to Ukraine legally is impossible without the consent of Gazprom. However, already in June, the EC said that the Treaty on the reverse of gas to Ukraine from Poland, Hungary and Slovakia comply with the legislation. However, in the first day of the week, Miller said that European suppliers are unable to provide physical reverse gas supplies to Ukraine. However, he specified that Ukraine disposes of Russian gas as its in the pipe." Rights like she has. The property of gas from Russia in Ukrainian pipe does not change. The delivery point of the gas from Russia outside the territory of Ukraine, " Miller said, noting that Gazprom wants to limit deliveries of blue fuel in areas where will record the physical reverse gas to Ukraine. On Tuesday, the management of Naftogaz said that the reverse gas via Slovakia might established since September, maybe a little earlier. According to existing agreements, Ukraine will have the opportunity to receive this year to reverse the EU only 6, 5 billion cubic meters of gas. Large volumes will be possible only if Kiev will be able to establish large-scale reverse through Slovakia. The Ukrainian state company Naftogaz has acknowledged that it cannot be done without the consent of the Russian Gazprom.
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