At a press conference in Brussels today, Gazprom's Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev made the following points: 

• Gazprom will restore gas deliveries to Europe transited through Ukraine, tomorrow, Tuesday, 13 January, at 10am Moscow time, if no further problems occur.

• Gazprom expressed its gratitude to Jose Manuel Barroso, Andris Piebalgs and Mirek Topolanek for their help in reaching the agreement.

• Technical instructions for the monitoring process were agreed upon yesterday and the multilateral group of experts will be at five gas metering locations in Russia, as well as locations in Ukraine and EU countries, particularly in Slovakia and Romania.

• Gazprom underlined the importance of diversification of the gas routes to Europe and supports the establishment of a permanent international gas monitoring group.

• In terms of energy security, underground gas storage facilities are very important and Gazprom is working on developing them in Austria, France, Germany, UK and Belgium.