The company "Naftogaz of Ukraine" does not intend to break contracts with the Russian holding "Gazprom" and agreed to discuss the situation before the end of March. This was reported by the Ukrainian side in its Facebook on Wednesday, March 14. "By the end of the month, a" meeting on the Elbe "with our dear monopoly. "Naftogaz" will inform Gazprom at the meeting that it does not agree to terminate the contracts, "the message says..

"In addition, we sent to Gazprom requirements to revise the tariff.

At the meeting, of course, the execution of arbitration decisions will be discussed, "the press service of" Naftogaz "quotes the chief commercial director of the company Yuri Vitrenko. Also, the Ukrainians considered that from this news the Russian media made bright headlines. This refers to the information that was earlier reported on Wednesday by the deputy chairman of the board of Gazprom, Alexander Medvedev, that the Ukrainian company confirmed its readiness in the near future to negotiate the termination of contracts. "Today, Gazprom" on its request received from Naftogaz of Ukraine "confirmation of its readiness to start negotiations within the procedure for the termination of existing contracts for the supply and transit of gas.

We are planning to hold these talks in the next few days, "Medvedev quoted RIA Novosti as saying..

On the eve of the head of the board of directors of the gas concern, Alexei Miller, at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, said that the process of withdrawing from the agreements may take about 2 years. He noted that the cancellation of contracts will allow Gazprom to avoid possible penalties for reducing transit volumes. According to Miller, the management of Naftogaz has already stated that it plans to recover from the Russian company a fine in 2018-2019.