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 MINSK, Belarus (AP) - A top Belarusian official said Saturday that his country has reached agreement with Russian state natural gas monopoly Gazprom on a gas price for 2007. But Gazprom's chief spokesman denied there was a deal.
First Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko said Belarus would pay $100 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas — $5 less than what Gazprom has demanded in talks to avert a New Year's Day cutoff of deliveries.
But Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov told The Associated Press the statement was merely "Semashko's point of view" and the Belarusian position in negotiations.
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