Russia won't go beyond limits of civilized gas cooperation with Ukraine - Medvedev
GORKI,. Jan 11 (Interfax) - Russia will act in a civilized way in gas cooperation with Ukraine, President Dmitry Medvedev said.
"We will act in a civilized manner. How else would the Russian side act?" Medvedev said during talks with Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller.
Miller said in turn that Russia will be a civilized partner and comply with the terms of the current contract.
Miller also said that Russia fully abides by the contract for gas transit across Ukraine. "I would like to make a point that gas transit across Ukraine shrank by 5 billion cubic meters in 2011 compared to 2010," he said, adding that Russian gas exports have increased.
The directions that emerged last year "are no less competitive than Ukrainian," he said.
What is meant here, he said, is the Belarusian direction and the Nord Stream pipeline commissioned last year.
