Outcome of the bilateral EU-Ukraine gas meeting in Vienna
Brussels, 27 August 2015
Outcome
of the bilateral EU-Ukraine gas meeting in Vienna.
Today, European
Commission Vice-President for the Energy Union Maroš
Šefčovič chaired talks on energy
security with Ukraine in Vienna. Ukraine was represented by the Minister
for Energy and Coal Industries, Mr Vladimir Demchyshyn as well as the CEO from Naftogaz,
Mr Andriy Kobolyev. The
meeting was conducted in a constructive atmosphere and focused on the necessary
actions to ensure stable gas supplies to Ukraine and via Ukraine to the EU
during winter.
The meeting was organised
at the initiative of the European Commission and served as an intermediate step
in view of preparing for the next round of trilateral gas negotiations between
the European Commission, Russia and Ukraine. Today’s meeting will be followed
by a bilateral meeting with the Russian Energy Minister on 11 September in
Vienna.
The European Commission acts as a mediator
in the latest round of trilateral talks that started in March 2015. The
Commission aims at facilitating a new protocol on gas deliveries from Russia to
Ukraine for the next heating season until the end of March 2016. The Commission
remains convinced that a follow-up to the winter 2014 package would enables all
parties to find an acceptable framework for gas trade and purchase.
Press Statements by President Jean-Claude Juncker and the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko following their meeting today on Europe
by Satellite.
European Commission