The European Commission declared that the agreement on the natural gas supervision between Russia and Ukraine was sent to all parties, and thus there is no reason to postpone natural gas deliveries, AFP informs. However, Russia declares that the document was changed by the Ukrainian part and postpones deliveries until all contradictions are clarified.
UPDATE: Gazprom, quoted by Reuters declared that Ukraine signed a new, unmodified agreement on Monday morning. Ukrainian negotiators signed, in Kiev, a new agreement and gave up the clauses that Russia rejected in the weekend. The new agreement was signed by Ukraine after talks between the EU and the two involved parties.
The Commission declared that all parties signing the reference terms received copies of the document, contradicting Gazprom officials who said that it did not receive the document.
Russia's President, Dmitri Medvedev urged officials to halt the application of the document until all contradictions are clarified, AFP informs. Russia received the copy but it is signed with some modifications, Serghei Lavrov declared.
Medvedev declared that he considers the document nul. He added that the annexes and references can only be classed as an insult to common sense and a breach of the previous agreements. In a telephone conversation with Barroso Putin classed Ukraine's mentions as unacceptable.
Putin underlined that the document needed to be signed by all parties with no other modifications. he declared that due to the crisis, Gazprom lost nearly 800 million dollars. Putin added that Europe needs to convey a clear message to Ukraine, to act in a normal and civilized manner.
Monitoring agreement, signed by all parties
Russia and the European Union signed a monitoring protocol of the Russian gas transit in Ukraine. The Docume
