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Russia, EU sign monitoring deal

Friday 09 January 2009

Russian and EU officials signed an agreement on the terms of verification of the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine to Europe. A total of 18 EU observers are scheduled to arrive in Ukraine over the next few days.

Friday 09 January 2009

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AFP - Russian and EU officials on Saturday signed an agreement on the terms for verification of the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine to European consumers, an AFP reporter witnessed.
  
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, the head of Russian energy giant Gazprom Alexei Miller, and Czech Industry and Trade Minister Martin Riman, representing the EU presidency, signed the agreement at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's residence outside Moscow.

The first five observers tasked with monitoring flows of Russian gas in Ukraine have arrived in the country, an EU spokesman said Friday.
   
"Five men of the team are here," David Stulik, spokesman for the European Commission delegation in Kiev, told AFP.
   
A total of 18 observers, including from Russian gas giant Gazprom, and at least four EU officials were scheduled to arrive in Ukraine "soon," he said, without providing more details.
   
A meeting in Berlin was currently taking place to determine exactly where the observers would be sent, Stulik added.
   
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said earlier that Russia was anxious to resume delivery of gas via Ukraine but could do so only once an agreement on independent monitoring of the flow had been signed.
   


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  • 16/01/2009 10:28:37 Alert a moderator

    Gas Wars. Vol. 3. Empire attacks.

    By Ivica Grzevska - Poland

    Thus, the Ukrainian gas-transport system is an integral part of the gas market of Europe and always it will. Hence, the European Commission wishes to see Ukraine completely integrated into the power market of the European Union. It is a question of it and in the communiqué of European Commission for the Council of EU and for the European Parliament concerning “Eastern partnership” which confirms confidence of Europe of the important role of Ukraine in the process of maintenance of energy safety of Europe. Strengthening of support of full integration of the energy market of Ukraine to the EU’s market will be provided at the expense of the priorities allocated with European Commission from modernization of the Ukrainian gas-transport and petro-transport system, including improvement of system of monitoring behind oil and gas transportation. During the consultation process concerning cooperation deepening between Ukraine and the European Union which took place on December, 3-5 in Bruxelles, EU were confirmed with the intention on practical support of initiatives of Ukraine directed on increase of reliability and safety of deliveries and transit of gas and oil using the Ukrainian infrastructure.

    If both parties have agreed on such monitoring, it would help with the conflict decision. It would be possible to make active some positions of the European power Charter which Ukraine, unlike Russia, ratified.
    Therefore, it is necessary to continue at EU support negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine and as a variant, to develop the stage-by-stage plan about creation of the prices for the energy carriers considering all factors, including expenses for transit on territory of Ukraine.

  • 14/01/2009 12:03:01 Alert a moderator

    E.U. Action

    By Anonyme.joseph walker - sherborne dorset uk

    Who is the E.U. taking action against, Gazprom,or the ukraine govt for not allowing the flow, to the E.U. countries?

  • 14/01/2009 02:31:03 Alert a moderator

    Gas transit via Ukraine

    By Krapotkin - Houston,Texas,USA

    EU is paying the US sponsored Orange Revolution!
    You were all in EU, with Bush's Cold War gimmick, to install a parasitic democracy in Ukraine, opposed to keep friendship with Russia!
    Until the new pipelines under the Baltic Sea are available (opposed by Bush &Co.), expect to be blackmailed every years by the Kiev neo-fascists.
    There was no problems with gas under the Soviets and prior to the Orange revolution, I wonder why?

  • 13/01/2009 17:34:12 Alert a moderator

    Until when

    By Simon Mohammed - USAM

    It is like it has been since a long time sad to me to keep reading, hearing or imagining what this people destiny has been is and I hope it will end. Hope is necessary but just hopping isn’t a solution, fighting isn’t a solution and talking with no clear end isn’t a solution. The solution is these people must got their right. We had enough of this Democracy or un-democracy slogans. If ones are under democratic the other are over democratic and booth are excess. A little increase in local democracy for the last and a decrease in this over-democracy for the firsts is necessary. The human species must and shall win.

    The following caricaturizing might make simple to understand how deep hour value are at risk specially when our mind are fought one way or other just to make us believe we are in the right and correct side.

    The meal with 2 example the couscous or a set of sandwiches where the guest are invited to get a piece of it and ,maybe one day become a piece of it.
    These people has been considered such that couscous where the hand and spoon have to cool it down before absorbing it, the first cooled in his mouth left and right and the second playing with it with the hand before sending it to the mouth.

    Where every where there is a plate of couscous or set of sandwiches to be consumed and every one might be one day just that food each one his turn.
    Peace

  • 13/01/2009 14:55:49 Alert a moderator

    didn't you read the article?

    By livni_is_heartless - kashgar

    to the poster of the first comment: didn't you read the article, it says Russia restored gas flow.
    The Ukraine blocked it. You were so blinded by your own unreasonable prejudice that you posted nonsense before you even read the facts.
    Would you make a good politician? That's not for me to say.

  • 13/01/2009 14:46:11 Alert a moderator

    shame on you ukraine

    By dave jones - pyongyang

    shame on you ukraine's government, but an even bigger shame on those who funded the orange revolution!

  • 13/01/2009 14:31:56 Alert a moderator

    Ukraine

    By Unholy -

    Looks like Ukraine is siphoning off that gas again. Gas flows in but does not flow out. Simple as that. Russia did right to cut off supply. Gas does not come free of charge. You use it, you pay for it. You don't steal it and you don't make those who pay for it suffer. Shame on Ukraine's government.

  • 13/01/2009 13:45:47 Alert a moderator

    Bully boys

    By shutterbug - Liverpool, England

    I grew up in a very poor neighbourhood and I remember a bully at school who had the only privately owned football, and if one was not prepared to play to his rules, he withdrew the ball from play.
    Do you think he might make a good Russian politician?

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