Kyiv asks Minsk to study possibility of gas transit from Lithuania

Ukraine has asked Belarus to study a possibility of transporting gas from Lithuania via Belarus, European integration department head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry Mykhailo Bno-Ayriyan tweeted.

Ukraine's wish to receive gas from the LNG terminal in Klaipeda (Lithuania) via transit through Belarus is stipulated in the protocol signed following the meeting of the Ukrainian-Belarusian intergovernmental committee for trade and economic cooperation, which took place in Chernihiv on July 23-24, Bno-Ayriyan said.

"The issue is very difficult because the Belarusian gas transportation system belongs to Gazprom. But still we asked [our] Belarusian friends to study such a possibility," Bno-Ayriyan said.

The parties have also agreed to hold consultations and discuss the technical possibility of transporting Ukrainian power via Belarus, he said.