Kiev complained to the EC to reduce the flow of gas from Russia to Slovakia
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 of concern to 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.
After long and fruitless negotiations with Russian Gazprom on June 16, translated " Naftogaz " to advance, and now in the Ukrainian gas transport system are only transit volumes destined for Europe. As long as transit is part of the contract, however, and Gazprom, and the Commission did not rule out any issues in the winter, when Ukraine will spend accumulated in its own storage resources.
The Ukrainian side hopes to receive a portion of the required gas through the reverse supply through Poland, Hungary and Slovakia. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that his country is the reverse of Slovakia will replace 40% of Russian gas supplies. Later came the message that " Gazprom " does not fulfill the increased bids for the supply of gas from a number of EU countries, and among them from organizations providing reverse to Ukraine." Gazprom is the situation described in the letter Sold in the address of the European Commission, Until not commented on.