The European Union, Russia and Ukraine agreed in Berlin on Tuesday 17 July to establish a trilateral discussion process by the end of 2018 on the long-term transit of gas to Europe via Ukraine, said European Commission Vice-President with responsibility for the Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič, following what he described as “a long but a productive day” of talks with Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin.
Šefčovič said the three parties...