Maroš Šefčovič, European Commission Vice-President for the Energy Union, said on Wednesday 18 September that he hoped for progress in the next round of trilateral negotiations (between Russia, the European Union and Ukraine) on the transit of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine, which will take place in Brussels on Thursday 19 September (see EUROPE B12323A5).
The gas transit agreement between Russia and Ukraine expires at the end of 2019 and the two countries cannot agree on the next...