Kiev expects West to offer price for gas below $200 per 1,000 cubic meters — (PM)

Kiev expects its western partners to offer gas price below $200 per 1,000 cubic meters, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said on Tuesday.

"We expect the price from western partners below $200," he said, adding that "the pricing environment will further decline." 

Ukraine’s Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said earlier that the government expects average gas price for Ukraine to stand at $225 per 1,000 cubic meters in 2016. 

The discounted price of Russian gas for Ukraine equals to around $230 per 1,000 cubic meters in the fourth quarter of 2015.
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29/12/15