Parlicov: The possibility of delivering natural gas to the Transnistrian region exists, but there is no desire on the market to deliver it for free except for Gazprom
The possibility of delivering natural gas to the Transnistrian region exists, but there are no people on the market willing to deliver it for free, apart from Gazprom, said the Minister of Energy, Victor Parlicov, in the show "La 360 de grade" on our radio station. Also, the minister said that those on the left of the Nistru could still procure natural gas now, if they paid the market price.
"Technically, the possibility of delivering gas to the Transnistrian region exists. It's just that there are no buyers on the market other than Gazprom to deliver it for free. Transnistria could procure gas even now, if it could pay the market price. The entire economy of Transnistria is based on cheap resources and the largest part of the budget is financed by electricity supplies on the right bank of the Nistru. Without this free gas, I don't think that consumers in the Transnistrian region could resist", declared Victor Parlicov.
We remind you that, from December 2022, the Republic of Moldova receives from the Russian concern Gazprom a daily amount of 5.7 million cubic meters of gas. This volume is received by Moldovagaz and directed to Tiraspoltransgaz for consumers on the left side of the Nistru, including the Cuciurgan Power Plant, which produces electricity for the right side of the Nistru. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the Russian Federation has reduced the supply of natural gas to our country. In order to ensure the creation and maintenance of security stocks, it was decided that the Joint Stock Company "Energocom" should conclude the necessary agreements and contracts with the operators of storage depots in neighboring countries, including the member states of the European Union.
The Minister of Energy, Victor Parlicov said that the Republic of Moldova has over 650 million cubic meters of natural gas in stocks, reserves that would be sufficient until March.
