The head of the Secretariate of the President Viktor Baloha in his comment on conversation of the presidents Viktor Yushchenko and Volodymyr Putin today noticed that the phone call of the president of the RF could be considered as a polite partner notice and a sign that Russian side aims at regulating existing gas problems.
At the same time, according to him, Russia is not going to continue cooperation turning for it into financial loses.
“We can’t blame our neighbours for such a position. Apparently, efforts of our government in full and timely payments for gas were insufficient. As it turned out that two weeks are not enough for the Cabinet of Ministry to pay debts though the price has been determined and all conditions have been created”, - Mr. Baloha summarized.
He also added that suspension of supply of Russian gas would be an appreciable blow to our state in its obligations to transport the fuel to Europe. Thus, the unpaid debt to Gazprom leads to tensions in two directions at once – Russian one and European one.