Russia, Belarus ink pricing procedure protocol for gas supplies

Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and the government of Belarus have signed a protocol outlining the pricing procedure for natural gas supplies to Belarus in 2020, Gazprom said on 14 February.
Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller and Belarus Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich signed the protocol during a meeting in St Petersburg on 14 February where they reviewed issues related to cooperation in the gas sector. Belarus Ambassador to Russian Vladimir Semashko also participated in the meeting.
The contracts between Gazprom and Gazprom Transgaz Belarus for gas supplies to and gas transportation across Belarus are valid until the end of 2020 On 31 December 2019, Gazprom and the Belarus government signed the Protocol on the pricing procedure for natural gas supplies to Belarus in January and February 2020.