Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Alexander Ozerets, Energy Minister of the Republic of Belarus had a telephone talk today.

The parties discussed a potential increase of Russian gas transmission to Europe via Belarus in 2012 and in the medium term.

“In 2012 Gazprom will raise by 4 billion cubic meters the amount of Russian gas transmission via Belarus to the EU countries,” said Alexey Miller during the telephone talk.

Background

According to provisional data, 31.3 billion cubic meters of Russian gas was conveyed via Belarus to Western Europe in 2011.