OREANDA-NEWS. October 29, 2008. The Gazprom Headquarters keeps hosting the Board of Directors’ meeting.

The Board of Directors considered the information regarding the status of calculations and potential relations with business enterprises of Belarus and Ukraine in the gas sector.

The Company’s Management Committee was entrusted with further implementing the existing contract for natural gas supply to Belarus.

The Management Committee is also entrusted with taking necessary measures aimed at settling indebtedness for natural gas delivered to Ukraine and continuing a transition to a new relationship scheme with Ukraine in the gas sector, as well as a stagewise shifting to market gas prices for consumers. This calls for negotiations and preparation of the relevant contracts with due consideration of the Memorandum of cooperation in the gas sector signed by Prime Ministers of Russia and Ukraine on October 2, 2008.