The results of the trilateral gas talks in Vienna could not be considered a failure, says Russia's permanent representative at the EU Vladimir Chizhov.

"I wouldn't call the outcome of the Vienna meeting in which I participated, failure. There were summed up the Results of mutual work in the 2nd quarter, there were determined the characteristics of the work, including the price and the discount for the third quarter. But let Europe, in the sense that the EU will think about the reserve, which will require the EU to consumers during the winter period, which could be absorbed by the vessels of the Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities, which at the moment is frankly not enough, " he said on Thursday

sections: Politics