据路透社10月18日基辅报道,乌克兰总统波罗申科18日在基辅表示,乌克兰和俄罗斯领导人已经达成一项有关今年冬季天然气供应价格的初步协议,但是,基辅可能需要国际社会帮助支付。
17日,波罗申科在米兰会见了俄罗斯总统普京,双方在会见中讨论了乌克兰东部地区的冲突,亲俄分离分子时下正在乌克兰东部地区与基辅政府军交战。
在天然气价格问题上爆发为期两年多时间的争执以后,俄罗斯在6月中旬中断了向乌克兰供应天然气。俄罗斯说,乌克兰在俄罗斯恢复天然气供应前必须支付其此前供气所拖欠的巨额债务。
波罗申科在接受乌克兰电视台频道的采访中说:“我们已达成一项初步协议。在明年3月31日前,气价将临时确定在每1000立方米385美元。”
乌克兰前总统季莫申科在2009年签署的一项协议要求乌克兰向俄罗斯天然气支付每1000立方米485美元。
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原文如下:
Ukraine says it's agreed interim gas price with Russia
KIEV Oct 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine's and Russia's leaders have reached a preliminary agreement on a price for gas supplies this winter but Kiev may need international help to pay, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday.
Poroshenko met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Milan on Friday to discuss the conflict in Ukraine's eastern regions, where pro-Russian separatists are fighting Kiev government forces.
Russia cut off gas supply to Ukraine in mid-June following more than two years of dispute on the price. Russia said Ukraine had to pay off large debts for previously-supplied gas before it would resume supply.
"(We) reached an agreement," Poroshenko said in an interview with Ukrainian TV channels. "Until March 31 we will fix the price at $385."
An agreement signed in 2009 by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko called on Ukraine to pay $485 per 1,000 cubic metres for Russian gas.