Moldovan PM meets vice president of Russian giant Gazprom

Chisinau, 09 February /MOLDPRES / – Prime Minister Pavel Filip morning had a meeting with Vice President of "Gazprom" Board of Directors Valery Golubev, the government’s communication and protocol department has reported.  

The officials discussed the current situation of the natural gas supply in Moldova by the Russian concern and possibilities for boosting bilateral cooperation in the sector. As such, the prime minister said that Moldova managed in 2016 to pay all the costs of current gas consumption and stressed the importance of negotiating an agreement on restructuring of the previously accumulated debt. Similarly, Pavel Filip asked to consider transferring the accumulated debt of the Transnistrian region by SRL "Tiraspoltransgaz" and subsequently the region administration. On 01 January 2017, the debt for gas supply in the Transnistrian region consisted $ 5790.9 million or 88.6 per cent of total debt of SA "Moldovagaz".

At his turn, "Gazprom" representative welcomed the positive trend recorded over the past year and said that the historic debt restructuring can only be achieved while maintaining current spending payment of 100 per cent. At the same time, Valery Golubev said that the Moldovan government requests were to be examined by the new management of SA "Moldovagaz".

Also, in the meeting it was presented by the Ministry of Economy, the nominee for President of SA "Moldovagaz" Vasile Botnari. The prime minister said that experience and skills of Vasile Botnari would contribute beneficially to the development of the entire sector.