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\nMoscow is ready to resume gas supplies to Europe through the Yamal-Europe Pipeline and it can also send supplies to Pakistan and Afghanistan in the long term, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told state TASS news agency.
\n\u201cThe European market remains relevant, as the gas shortage persists, and we have every opportunity to resume supplies,\u201d TASS cited Novak as saying in remarks published by the agency on Sunday.
\n\u201cFor example, the Yamal-Europe Pipeline, which was stopped for political reasons, remains unused.\u201d
\nThe Yamal-Europe Pipeline usually flows westward, but has been mostly reversed since December of 2021 as Poland turned away from buying from Russia in favour of drawing on stored gas in Germany.
\nIn May, Warsaw terminated its agreement with Russia, after earlier rejecting Moscow\u2019s demand that it pays in roubles.
\nRussian supplier Gazprom responded by cutting off supply and also said it would no longer be able to export gas via Poland after Moscow imposed sanctions against the firm that owns the Polish section of the Yamal-Europe pipeline.
\nNovak also reiterated that Moscow is discussing additional gas supplies through Turkey after creation of a hub there.
\nHe also said that Moscow expects it will have shipped 21 billion cubic metres (bcm) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe in 2022.
\n\u201cThis year we were able to significantly increase LNG supplies to Europe,\u201d Novak said. \u201cIn the 11 months of 2022, they increased to 19.4 bcm, by the end of the year 21 bcm are expected.\u201d
\nIn a wide-ranging interview with the TASS agency, parts of which have been published throughout the weekend, Novak also said that in the long term, Russia can send its natural gas to the markets of Afghanistan and Pakistan, either using the infrastructure of Central Asia, or in a swap from the territory of Iran.
\nHe also said that Russia has agreed with Azerbaijan to increase gas supplies for its domestic consumption.
\n\u201cIn the future, when they increase gas production, we will be able to discuss swaps,\u201d he said.
\nMoscow is also discussing higher supplies of its gas to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Moscow Moscow is ready to resume gas supplies to Europe through the Yamal-Europe Pipeline and it can also send supplies to Pakistan and Afghanistan in the long term, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told state TASS news agency. \u201cThe European market remains relevant, as the gas shortage persists, and we have every opportunity to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-303655","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n