EU to receive gas from Russia

Israel News.Net
Monday 12th January, 2009

The European Union has said it expects gas supplies from Russia to resume Tuesday morning.

An agreement has now been signed by all parties on an accord on a gas monitoring mission in Russia and Ukraine.

EU officials, after talks in Brussels, said the agreement had been ratified with representatives from Russia's gas monopolist, Gazprom, and Ukraine's Naftogaz, whose pipelines are used by Moscow to deliver gas to Europe.

Gazprom deputy chief executive Alexander Medvedev said that assuming there are no further obstacles, deliveries should resume at 8 a.m. European time.

A commercial dispute between Russia and Ukraine has caused severe gas shortages in Europe amid freezing winter temperatures.

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