The European Union, like the G7 countries, rejects the Russian demand to pay for Russian gas in rubles.< /p>
The European Union, like the G7 countries, rejects Russia's demand to pay for Russian gas in rubles, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to the Correspondent.
About this at a briefing in Brussels in Tuesday, March 29, said the official representative of the European Commission, Eric Mamer.
He noted that the EU participated in the discussion by the G7 group of countries on the issue of paying for Russian gas in rubles, so the G7 conclusions apply to the EU as well.
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«Our position — same as G7», — Mamer said, answering a question about how the European Union will react to the order of Russian President Vladimir Putin to accept payment for Russian gas exports only in rubles.
«As for us, we said that deliveries should be respected using dollars or euros», — explained the representative of the EC.
Commenting on the meeting of energy ministers of the G7 states held the day before, at which the European Commission was represented, Mamer said that the participants in the discussion «rejected this demand» the Russian side to pay for gas supplies in rubles.
The day before, it was reported that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz rejected Putin's demand to pay for gas in rubles.
Recall that Putin instructed to transfer payments for gas into rubles. Prices and volumes in previously concluded contracts will not be changed, only the payment currency will change. In Europe, they reminded the Russian Federation that gas supply contracts indicate settlements in euros and dollars. However, the Russian Federation began to threaten to stop gas supplies without payment in rubles.