Minister of Energy of Belarus Viktor Karankevich and his Russian colleague Nikolai Schulginov signed the Protocol on the price of gas for 2022, RIA Novosti reports. Moscow and Minsk agreed on the procedure for the formation of prices for fuel supplies.
The protocol determines the procedure for the formation of prices in the supply of natural gas to Belarus in 2022. The specific level of gas prices will be recorded in a joint document with PJSC Gazprom, based on the conditions of 2021, “stressed in the Belarusian ministry.
The order to sign this document was given in early November. Developed by the Ministry of Energy The draft protocol on tariffs for Minsk is agreed in the Government of Russia, the extension of its term for one year, until December 31, 2022.
In September, within the framework of strengthening the Russian-Belarusian integration, Moscow and Minsk agreed to form the combined gas market, as well as oil and petroleum markets. The principles of functioning and regulation of the total gas market must be developed by July 2022, by December 2023 – signed additions to the Allied Program, which determine the relevant mechanisms and the timing of their implementation.