“The Republic of Belarus has no debt for imported natural gas,” the ministry said on Facebook.
They noted that payments for the supplied natural gas are carried out by Belarusian gas supplying organizations with Gazprom Transgaz Belarus OJSC in accordance with the concluded agreements.
“At present, there are disagreements between business entities regarding the determination of the cost of natural gas supplied, taking into account its caloric content,” the department added.
As emphasized in the Ministry of Energy, the settlement of issues is in the competence of business entities.
Earlier, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said that the Russian company would be ready to begin negotiations on gas supplies to Belarus in 2021 after resolving the issue with the country's debt.
According to him, the amount of “Belarusian debt” is $ 165 million.