Moldova President Maya Sanda said that the republic was pleased with the Gazprom Contract concluded with the Russian Gazprom. She told about it in an interview with the newspaper Kommersant.
“We are pleased that this contract was agreed and signed. I talked with everyone, and everyone really wanted to help us and did everything that could. The biggest problem is, of course, the price, because on our side they wanted to get the price which we can pay, which our people can pay, our enterprises. It was and the second is debts, “the head of state noted.
According to Sanda, gas will be in Moldova after November 1, and this is “already very good.” She pointed out that raising tariffs would be, but at the same time not so much as if the fuel was acquired at a market price. The new contract is signed for a period of five years.
As for debts, it was decided to conduct an audit and then talk about the restructuring of the debt “Moldovagaza” before Gazprom, president added.
At the end of September, the arrangement of Moldova and Gazprom’s arrangements on the supply, after which the country has encountered a gas crisis. The Russian side insisted that Chisinau repaid existing debt, Moldova did not want to recognize him. The Prime Minister of the country Natalia Gavrilitsa argued that the country could not afford to buy gas at market prices and to pay for the payment of debt and receiving a 25 percent discount.
October 29, Gazprom and Moldovagaz extended a contract for the supply of Russian gas to Moldova for five years. The company said that the contract was concluded for five years. The supply of Russian gas to Moldavian consumers will begin on November 1 on mutually beneficial terms, stated in Gazprom.
Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Infrastructure of Moldova Andrei Spyna Alina Merlich stated that the country will buy gas from Gazprom at a price below the market. The head of Moldovagaza Vadim Cheban called the negotiations of the management of Gazprom and the Delegation of the Government of Moldova.