24 June, Moscow /Eduard Pivovar - BELTA/. "Gazprom" has transferred $228 million to Belarus for gas transit through its territory at the previous transit rate of $1.45 per 1 thousand cubic meters. This was announced to journalists by the official representative of the concern, Sergey Kupriyanov, as reported by a BELTA correspondent. Sergey Kupriyanov confirmed that Belarus has fully transferred the money for the supplied gas to "Gazprom", and a decision has been made to restore gas supply to Belarus in full. The official representative of "Gazprom" noted that unresolved issues remain in Belarusian-Russian gas relations, including the size of the transit rate through the territory of Belarus. He confirmed that according to the protocol signed between "Gazprom" and "Beltransgaz", there is a possibility to increase the transit rate. However, according to him, a special addendum to the contract must be signed for this. -0-

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