The government of Ukraine expressed in a letter to the European Commission concern the reduction of the transit of Russian natural gas through the territory of Slovakia and said, because it can affect the energy security of both Ukraine and the EU, according to a report on the Internet representation of the Ukrainian Ministry of energy.

The Minister Yuriy Prodan addressed to the Vice-President of the European Commission g?nter Oettinger, in charge of energy. The reason is the concern of Ukraine by the state of transit of Russian natural gas supplies via Ukraine and Slovakia, according to the report.

" The Russian side explains the Reduction of gas transit via Ukraine and Slovakia the increase in the transit of Russian natural gas through the gas pipeline Yamal-Europe and North stream ", - reported in the report. Reducing the flow of gas transit is important and a concern of the government of Ukraine, as it can affect the energy security of both Ukraine and the EU, showed Sold in a private letter.

He asked the EC to help restore and normalize the transit of Russian natural gas supplies and to discuss this issue during the forthcoming tripartite negotiations in the format of Ukraine-Russia-EU.

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