The Ukrainian government has no plans of extending its gas transit agreement with Gazprom or replacing it with another deal, Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said, Report informs referring to TASS.
“We do not plan to sign any additional agreements or to prolong this agreement,” he said in a video, posted on the ministry’s Telegram channel.
The minister claimed that Ukraine’s gas transportation system successfully passed stress-tests, which “proved that we can easily survive without [gas] transit.”
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on March 4 his country was ready to continue the transit of gas from Russia through its territory after the contract with Gazprom expires at the end of 2024, if there is a request from European countries. Shmyhal added that Kyiv itself is not going to negotiate this with Moscow, but is ready to talk with European countries.
