Minsk expects to agree with Moscow on gas prices by 2020
Belarus expects to intensify negotiations with Russia in March on prices of gas from 2020 in order to resolve this issue until June 1, 2019, Minister of Energy of Belarus Viktor Karankevich said on Friday, according to TASS agency report.
"Negotiations are conducted at the level of relevant ministries and deputy prime ministers. In accordance with the signed agreements, the deadline is set - a document on gas prices from 2020 should be developed and signed before July 1, 2019," Karankevich said.
It was reported earlier that Russian gas supplies to Belarus in 2018 increased by 7% and amounted to 20.33 bln cubic meters against 19 bln cubic meters in 2017, according to the materials prepared for the meeting of the presidents of Russia and Belarus, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko.