Thread by @DionisCenusa

#Moldova: Some updates about the gas supply from Russia. The PM Gavrilita spelt out some details about the situation on the domestic energy market:

1) Moldova received some volumes of gas from Romania via the Iasi-Ungheni pipeline, finalized last year. The quantity of the volumes is not divulged. They were necessary to balance the pressure in the gas pipeline system.

2) Answering questions, the PM said that the government started the negotiations in September. She reported that the Ministry of Infrastructure Spinu is in Warsaw to discuss with the government and the Polish energy companies about the opportunities to import gas.

We talk about LNG gas that could be supplied via the Ukraine gas pipeline. 3) PM Gavrilita also informed that the Deputy-PM Kulminski who deals with reintegration issues will travel to Moscow to talk with Putin’s administration about gas. This could mean that the Moldovan side

wants to remind Russia that no gas to Moldova will affect the economy of the separatist region 4) She insisted that all members of the Cabinet try to negotiate with as many external partners as possible to identify the cheapest gas and sign a long-term contract. According to her

similar dialogues were conducted by MFA Popescu during his recent trip to Brussels. No information about that was published. He will also raise this topic on the agenda with Ukraine during his visit to Kyiv this week (Transnistria), creating costs to Russia itself.

5) PM Gavrilita announced that she will have a phone call in the next few days with the leader of the de facto authorities of Transnistria to talk about the gas supply and come up with a common understanding of the scenarios. While the constitutional territory can obtain gas

through various entry points, the gas to the separatist region can flow in only after Chisinau signs a new contract with Gazprom. 6) Meanwhile, 37 NGOs from Moldova signed a declaration urging the authorities to accept “political conditionality” that Russia would like to impose.

They claim that the delays in negotiations by Gazprom are signs of “energy blackmailing” and the energy crisis has no economic or technical reasoning by the political one. The representatives of the civil society asked the EU and other partners to help Moldova politically,

technically and financially to overcome the energy crisis. END.