Moldova stores gas in storage facilities in Ukraine, as they are overflowing in Romania. This is how the Prime Minister of the Republic Natalya Gavrilitsa explained the situation with gas, she is quoted by RIA Novosti.

“Moldova is a sovereign state, and the gas we buy and pay for can be stored where we decide. There are no natural gas storage facilities in our country,” she said.

Gavrilitsa did not name the volumes of fuel stored in Ukraine due to the fact that such information was classified in the country.

Earlier, the chairman of the board of the Moldovagaz gas distribution company, Vadim Cheban, said that Moldova would increase gas purchases by 60 percent through alternative suppliers to the Russian Gazprom. In December, the republic will increase purchases to 9.2 million cubic meters, he added.