EU intervenes in gas row

Ukrainian and Russian representatives in Brussels are seeking a way out of the gas crisis.

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Ukrainian and Russian representatives in Brussels are seeking a way out of the gas crisis. Serbia has asked to receive Russian gas via an alternative route, going through Belarus. EU intervenes in gas row Officials from Russian Gazprom and the Ukrainian national gas company Naftogas met unexpectedly last night in order to find a way out of the crisis between the two countries over the supply of gas, Russian agencies reported this morning. “(Gazprom CEO) Alexei Miller and (Naftogas) Oleg Dubyna met last night to look at ways of resolving the crisis,“ said Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupryanov, agencies report. It is Dubyna’s first visit to Moscow this year and the first meeting of the CEOs since the crisis broke out, Itar-Tass states. The two men will also resume talks today on neutral ground, in Brussels, where, together with ministers from the two countries, they will speak with EU officials about overcoming the crisis. The talks in Brussels will be brokered by the Czech EU presidency. Brussels has voiced its optimism ahead of the talks in the hope that full-scale Russian gas deliveries via Ukraine could resume tomorrow evening. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has spoken by phone with Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko about “urgent activities“ with a view to reaching the necessary agreements and the immediate resumption of Russian gas deliveries. Medvedev said that Ukraine’s “illegal usurpation of gas“ was to blame for European consumers having to go short. “This situation goes against the existing agreements between Russia, Ukraine and European consumers, as well as other international agreements,“ said the Russian president. (Beta)

EU intervenes in gas row

Officials from Russian Gazprom and the Ukrainian national gas company Naftogas met unexpectedly last night in order to find a way out of the crisis between the two countries over the supply of gas, Russian agencies reported this morning.

“(Gazprom CEO) Alexei Miller and (Naftogas) Oleg Dubyna met last night to look at ways of resolving the crisis,“ said Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupryanov, agencies report.

It is Dubyna’s first visit to Moscow this year and the first meeting of the CEOs since the crisis broke out, Itar-Tass states.

The two men will also resume talks today on neutral ground, in Brussels, where, together with ministers from the two countries, they will speak with EU officials about overcoming the crisis.

The talks in Brussels will be brokered by the Czech EU presidency. Brussels has voiced its optimism ahead of the talks in the hope that full-scale Russian gas deliveries via Ukraine could resume tomorrow evening.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has spoken by phone with Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko about “urgent activities“ with a view to reaching the necessary agreements and the immediate resumption of Russian gas deliveries.

Medvedev said that Ukraine’s “illegal usurpation of gas“ was to blame for European consumers having to go short.

“This situation goes against the existing agreements between Russia, Ukraine and European consumers, as well as other international agreements,“ said the Russian president.

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