Maria Kniazeva. The European Commission still hopes to hold a tripartite meeting on gas issues between representatives of Russia, Ukraine and the EC before the end of March, said a spokesman for the EC Anna-Kaisa, Itkonen at a press conference on Thursday.

"As long as we choose a date, as long as We don't have a confirmed date. It is planned that the meeting will be held before the end of this month, that is over the next one week, " she said.

on Wednesday the head of the Ministry of energy of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn said that the tripartite meeting to discuss summer package gas supplies from Russia, and the issue of gas transit through Ukraine scheduled for March 20.

above the head of the Ministry of energy of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak said that the European Commission has made a proposal to hold the next tripartite meeting on Gaza on 20 March, but the date until not approved, discusses the various options. The previous Ministerial meeting between Ukraine, the EU and Russia was held in Brussels on 2 March.

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