Yurii Prodan participates in joint meeting of delegations of Board of European Commissioners and Government of Ukraine
The delegations
of the Board of the European Commission and the Government of Ukraine have had
a meeting in Brussels on May 13, 2014. Ukraine’s Governmental delegation is led
by the Prime Ministers of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the delegation of the
European Commission – by the President Jose Manuel Barroso.
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During the
event the two parties discussed energy safety of Ukraine and Europe. In particular,
the leaders evaluated a recent deal concluded by gas system operators of
Ukraine and Slovakia with regards to reverse supplies of natural gas to
Ukraine. The interlocutors emphasized it was necessary to ensure mutual
energy safety. Thus, the
parties agreed to continue tight coordination of measures directed to energy safety,
as also targeting to fix market gas price and uninterrupted supplies. Besides, representatives
of the European Commission stressed the importance to prolong support in the
process of modernization of Ukrainian gas transporting system, as a key
component of the European network, and back Ukraine in stirring up a dialog
with the international financial organizations. |