Belarus has refused the Ukrainian electric energy

Canada has suspended commercial sales of electricity to Belarus in January 2011 because of disagreement on the issue price. This was stated by First Vice Premier, Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Andrei Klyuyev at a press conference. "The Belarusian side does not like the price, they have an alternative offer from Russia. According to them, more profitable," - said Deputy Prime Minister. Klyuev added that the Ukrainian side proposed to export electricity at prices that prevailed in the domestic market. "Therefore, a loss Ukraine to sell electricity will not" - he stressed. At the same time, Deputy Prime Minister said that talks with the Belarusian side for the resumption of exports made and the parties hope to reach a compromise on this issue. Earlier NAC "Energy Company of Ukraine reported that in January 2011, Ukraine does not export electricity to Belarus. In turn, in December, the First Vice-Premier of Belarus Vladimir Semashko noted that Belarus hopes to import about 4 billion kilowatt-hours of the Ukrainian electricity in 2011. He also predicted that by the end of 2010 the volume of imports by Belarus Ukrainian electric energy is about 3.5 billion kilowatt-hours. Ministry of Industry