2024-10-01 22:35:29
The unified gas transit tariff in the Eurasian Economic Union cannot be introduced at the current level of integration, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, speaking at the session of the Eurasian Economic Council, which is held in the format of a video conference.
“As for the unified tariff proposed by our Armenian and Belarusian friends for gas transportation and transit services, we believe that the unified tariff can be implemented only in a unified market, with a unified budget and a unified taxation system. Such a deep level of integration has not yet been achieved,” Putin said.
According to him, Armenia and Belarus do not accept the common formula proposed by the EAEU countries for gas price formation, which is proposed by the EAEU development strategy project until 2025.
“There is a resolution supported by three countries: Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Its essence is that gas pricing approaches can be determined later in negotiations on the formation of the EAEU common gas market. This resolution has not yet been accepted by our Armenian and Belarusian partners. They have their own point of view on this issue,” Putin said.
The President of the Russian Federation added that “if they can agree with it, there will be no other obstacles for the approval of the strategy at all.”
“If the positions of our Armenian and Belarusian friends remain unchanged, it will probably be logical to exclude the item on gas from the draft strategy. “The discussion of gas pricing approaches can be continued by the experts of the member states and the Eurasian Economic Commission,” Putin said.