Beltransgaz, Gazprom sign extra document on gas price for Belarus

MINSK, February 2 (RIA Novosti) - The Belarusian gas transportation company Beltransgaz has signed an additional agreement with Russian energy giant Gazprom on the price of gas supplies for Belarus in 2009, a Beltransgaz spokesman said on Monday.

The spokesman declined to give further details on the additional agreement to the current gas contract.

Belarusian First Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko earlier said the average price of gas for Belarus was expected to equal $148 per 1,000 cubic meters in 2009.