OREANDA-NEWS  Gagauzia and Russia are negotiating gas benefits for residents of the autonomy, this issue will be resolved in the near future, Chairman of the People's Assembly of Gagauzia Dmitry Konstantinov told RIA Novosti.

Earlier, the head of Gagauzia, Evgenia Gutsul, told reporters at Promsvyazbank that she had asked at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin for preferential duties for agricultural producers of the autonomy and a discount on gas.

"We will look for all options in order to directly resolve the issue of gas… We have already met with (head of the Federation Council - ed.) Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko and discussed issues on prices and benefits. Discussions and negotiations are already underway. There is already some willingness on both sides to follow this line. I think that this issue will be resolved in the near future. I think that there are only some little things left, and this issue will be resolved," Konstantinov said.