Bilateral meeting of the Vice-President of the European Commission Gunter Oettinger, in charge of energy, and the head of the energy Ministry of Russia Alexander Novak on gas issues and the truth is scheduled for August 29, confirmed Last news in the press service of the EC.

before Tuesday authorized the Ministry of energy said Last news that the Russian party agreed on the proposal of the European Commission to hold its meeting on 29 August in the capital of Russia.

later the press-Secretary of the EC Marlene Holzner told reporters that the meeting will be held in late summer, not explaining a specific date." Will be a Bilateral meeting between Oettinger and Novak for discussion, when has the opportunity to be a trilateral meeting of the Plenipotentiaries of Ukraine, Russia and EU, " said Holzner.

before the European Commission hoped to spend not only training, but also another trastorno EU-Russia-Ukraine gas before summer vacation, in which the EC is August. Then the Commissioner of the European Commission does not rule out that trastorno may be held in the last month of summer. The current date bilateral meetings do not carry out trentalance in the last month of summer.

Tripartite meeting between the EU, Russia and Ukraine on gas was held from April to mid-June, but was not successful. Kiev insisted on sharp decrease of gas price from Russia, refusing differently to extinguish debts, which at that time reached 4, 5 billion dollars. Russia offered a discount, but neither the size nor the mechanism of rendering of Ukraine are not satisfied. Then the Russian side indicated that it is ready to continue the dialogue only After payment of the debt." Gazprom " 16 June translated Ukraine for prepayment.

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