Cooperation in the energy sector has been and still remains one of the key priorities in partnership between Ukraine and the European Union and one of the most efficient directions of implementation of the EU - Ukraine Association Agreement. This was stated by Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman during the negotiations with Vice-President of the European Commission for Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič.

The Head of Government stressed that the current year had been a breakthrough as a strategic vision of the development of domestic energy sector had been elaborated. Thus, among the achievements are the approval of progressive legislation in energy efficiency sector, the endorsement of the Energy Strategy of Ukraine up to 2035, the determining of principal development benchmarks for Ukraine as a gas transit country and the state possessing an extensive network of gas storage facilities that could become part of a pan-European gas distribution and transmission network.