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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9811

6 January 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/russia/ukraine
No immediate danger for EU gas supplies - Commission sends mission to Kiev

Brussels, 05/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Union is sticking to its position. It does not intend to play the role of go-between in the conflict over the carriage and delivery of gas which, since Thursday 1 January, has been a bone of contention between Russia and Ukraine. According to the European Commission, this is a bilateral trade issue whose settlement must be negotiated between the parties concerned. According to a Commission spokesman, a fact-finding mission composed of...