Maria Kniazeva. Trilateral dialogues Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission on gas issues are obliged to focus on the issues of price and volume of purchases of gas from Russia, as well as their financing, said the Vice-President of the EC in energosoiuz maro? ?ef?ovi?.
"the dialogue must focus on the price of gas, the purchase of natural gas, the issues of payment (for the period) before the Stockholm court decides the issue," he said, speaking at a meeting in the European Parliament in Russia.
The decision of the arbitration is expected by the end of June 2016. The term "winter" gas supplies to Ukraine, signed at the end of October 2014, after long negotiations with the participation of the European Commission, will expire on 31 March.
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