Second round of negotiations between Georgia and Gazprom on gas transit to Armenia failed

ArmInfo. Second round of  negotiations between Georgia and Gazprom on gas transit to Armenia  failed.

Vzglyad newspaper informs that the first round of negotiations was  held in the middle of December, the sides have not reached compromise  then. Meanwhile, the term of the current agreement expires on  December 31.

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Energy of Georgia Kakha Kaladze  stated that the negotiations will continue and stressed that  Tbilisi's stand will remain unchanged: "Russia wants to pay money for  transit while Georgia wants the previous way of payments to be  maintained, when it received 10% of the total amount of transported  gas". 

The date of the next round of negotiations is not known yet. 

The newspaper notes that in the end of 2015 Gazprom and Georgia were  holding long negotiations as result of which Tbilisi managed to keep  the existing format, receiving 10% of the total amount of transited  gas.