08:39, 30 April 2009 | GMT +5
Ukraine promises to pay for gas on time ? PM Timoshenko
MOSCOW. April 30. KAZINFORM Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko is certain that tensions in relations with Moscow, first and foremost, those over gas supplies, have been ultimately resolved, Kazinform refers to ITAR-TASS.

?The days when confrontation was felt between Russia and Ukraine are a bygone,? she said at negotiations with her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday.
?The gas supply system has been fully stabilized and we have been trying to do our utmost every single month to ensure the settlements for the gas consumed should be posted on time and in full,? Timoshenko said.
She thanked Russia for the permission not to pay fines for underusing gas quotas.
?We now pay only for the gas we take, and we take as much gas as we need. In other words, we have encountered understanding on those items of the contract which say that we are expected to take the contracted amount of gas, but today we take as much as the crisis allows for, and pay in full. It is important that there are such arrangements.?
Vladimir Putin noted positive trends in the development of Russian-Ukrainian economic cooperation, Kazinform cites ITAR-TASS.
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