Kiev, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky plans to address with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin issues related to the rebel-held region of Donbass and Russian gas transit through this country's pipelines, Kiev television station reported.
Zelensky told French newspaper Le Monde that in the framework of the Normandy Quartet summit (France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine), to be held on December 9 in Paris, he will refer to the pending issues of Donbass and the gas transit.
Zelensky, who was a showman before becoming Ukrainian president, considered that politics, unlike mathematics, is not an exact science, and everyone seeks to defend their own interests. Hence, he estimated, he cannot trust anyone, including Putin.
However, he acknowledged that positive steps were achieved in three telephone conversations he held with Putin, such as the return of detained sailors, after three Ukrainian ships entered Russian territorial waters in the Black Sea, in 2018.
We hope to sign a gas transit agreement between Ukraine and Russia for the next 10 years, Zelensky said, amid the dispute surrounding that issue, with just 29 days to go before the current agreement, signed in 2009, expires.
Kiev receives from 2.5-3 billion dollars as payment by Russia for gas transit through Ukraine towards the European Union.
The cost of shale gas production in the United States and its transport in compressed format on ships to Europe creates disadvantages compared to Russian gas, Kiev television station highlighted.
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Zelensky, who was a showman before becoming Ukrainian president, considered that politics, unlike mathematics, is not an exact science, and everyone seeks to defend their own interests. Hence, he estimated, he cannot trust anyone, including Putin.
However, he acknowledged that positive steps were achieved in three telephone conversations he held with Putin, such as the return of detained sailors, after three Ukrainian ships entered Russian territorial waters in the Black Sea, in 2018.
We hope to sign a gas transit agreement between Ukraine and Russia for the next 10 years, Zelensky said, amid the dispute surrounding that issue, with just 29 days to go before the current agreement, signed in 2009, expires.
Kiev receives from 2.5-3 billion dollars as payment by Russia for gas transit through Ukraine towards the European Union.
The cost of shale gas production in the United States and its transport in compressed format on ships to Europe creates disadvantages compared to Russian gas, Kiev television station highlighted.
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