From Taras Kuzio's blog, a statement from Tymoshenko about her goals for the Moscow meeting with Putin. In the letter she also warns Yusshchenko about interfering in the negotiations.
To act effectively and responsibly, we will put firmly into practice a single government approach and position to gas diplomacy. I will not allow anyone to manage the negotiation process in parallel and control Naftogaz in order to sabotage the talks. To put it simply, I need two things: that nobody puts a spoke in my wheels nor stabs me in my back. In this context, the latest statements by some officials from the Presidential Secretariat aimed at me, do nothing to strengthen the position of the Ukrainian Government in its negotiations with Russia, and do not serve to enhance the image of Ukraine in Europe. I will never answer to them. The only thing I would like to do is to ask the President to deprive his irresponsible clerks of the freedom of unfair speech.
Today, a summit will be held in Moscow. In a Bloomberg piece on the meeting, Putin notes that the dispute has to eventually end because Ukraine will run out of reserves by March. Putin said in Germany he had offered Timoshenko a 2009 gas supply contract at $250 per 1,000 cubic meters with the right to re-export the fuel and she had refused. Gazprom cut shipments to Ukrainian customers on Jan. 1 after talks on an accord broke down. Putin said he’s optimistic the spat will be resolved because Ukraine will need Russian gas again within about two months.
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