25 Nov 2011 16:24

Q1 2012 gas price for Belarus to be $164 per 1,000 m3 - Putin

NOVO-OGAREVO. Nov 25 (Interfax) - The price of gas for Belarus will be $164 per thousand cubic meters in the first quarter of next year, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.

"Next year, with a planned price of around $400 per thousand cubic meters for European consumers, Belarus will pay us $164 per thousand in the first quarter," the prime minister said.

"Belarus will receive a so-called integrated discount, and over several years will move to netback prices, before 2014," Putin said.