Ukraine will take Russia to the Stockholm court of arbitration if the two sides fail to resolve their latest energy dispute by mid-October, a top Ukrainian official warned Wednesday.
Ukraine
will
take
Russia
to
the
Stockholm
court
of arbitration if the two sides fail to resolve their latest energy dispute by mid-October,
a top Ukrainian official warned Wednesday.
"If we don't reach an agreement,
Ukraine
will
go to court," the senior official told reporters on condition of
anonymity.
Ukraine
has
been trying to renegotiate the terms of a controversial 2009 gas deal that it
signed with
Russia
after
briefly having its supplies cut off in a Kremlin move that also affected parts
of
Europe
.
The 10-year deal sets a higher prices for
Ukraine
than
some European Union member states and has been condemned by some members of
President Viktor Yanukovych's new government.
Yanukovych had an unproductive meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
in August and later sent his energy minister to
Moscow
for
more talks.
Russia
has
said it was willing to lower the price from the $400/1,000 cubic meters
Ukraine
currently pays if
Kiev
joined a new Moscow-led customs union and gave up a 50% stake in its state
energy company Naftogaz.
Ukraine
has
flatly rejected the idea and insists it remains interested in E.U. membership
within the next 10 years.
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