Moldova is an independent country and will decide for itself where to store gas. A statement of such a plan was made by a number of top state leaders of the country, writes the Moldovan edition of Newsmaker.

In particular, the statement of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that the country keeps gas reserves in Ukraine, was commented by Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilitsa.

In an interview with Vocea Basarabiei on December 9, Gavrilitsa said that Moldova is an independent country and decides for itself where to store the purchased gas.

" We do not have natural gas storage facilities in Moldova, we store some natural gas in Romania, but the storage facilities there are quite full, so we store a certain amount in Ukraine. There are storage facilities and these stocks are safe.. We can store the gas we buy and pay for where we decide,"

Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament Igor Grosu also commented on this statement rather harshly. He said that "

The publication recalls that on December 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Russian Ministry of Energy to "

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Earlier, Russian Gazprom announced the "

This statement was rejected by the Operator of the gas transmission system of Ukraine. Gazprom's allegations of "

At the same time, from the beginning of September, Moldova began to introduce a virtual reverse at connection points with Ukraine. At the same time, the transfer of all volumes of gas to Moldova is documented.

Moldova has already accumulated more than 200 million. cube. meters of blue fuel.