Romania's imports of Russian natural gas continue to be lower, though Ukraine announced Sunday it resumed transit to Romania at the contractual level, said Monday Ioan Rusu, general manager of Romania's gas firm Transgaz.
"Gas imports continue to be 30 percent lower," the head of Romania's state-run gas pipeline operator told local media.
Ukraine's state-owned energy company Naftogaz announced Sunday it resumed transit of natural gas to Romania at the normal capacity.
Ukraine and Russia are in a dispute over gas prices and debts, which led to Gazprom switching off supplies to Ukraine as of January 1.
Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu held a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Ogryzko on Saturday, in which he emphasized that Romania's gas supply from Russia should not be affected by the dispute between Kiev and Moscow.
Volodymyr Ogryzko assured him that Romania would have to bear no consequences following this situation, according to a press release of the Foreign Ministry.
According to Transgaz, Romania's total demand for natural gas in January is estimated at 19.4 million MWh, 78.12 percent of which is to come from the domestic output and 21.88 percent from imports.
Source:Xinhua
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