Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission reached a fundamental agreement on gas, said Last news Vice-President of the EC Maros Sefcovic. "I thank the Minister of economy and energy of Germany for having us today and helped in drafting the Treaty," he said. According to His statement, the agreement between the two countries will aluminates on Friday. It must approve and sign in the capital of Russia and Kiev. Minister of energy Alexander Novak confirmed that the Russian Federation and Ukraine have drafted a detailed Protocol for gas and nourish hope in the near future to reach a final consensus. for its part, the Head of the Ministry of energy and protection of natural factors of Ukraine Alexey Orgel said that Moscow and Kiev worked well the decision for gas. According to His statement, it brings the country to the signing of a final agreement. New operator GTS of Ukraine wishes to hold a technical meeting with "Gazprom" on the first day of the weekend. before "Naftogaz of Ukraine" gave the action of the operator holding company "Trunk gas pipelines of Ukraine" controlled by the Ministry of Finance. The new company starts on 1 January 2020. A valid contract for production and delivery and transit of gas from Russia ends at the end of the year. According to the European standards, the Firm is the operator of transit shall be separated from fuel-producing plants. The new contract "Gazprom" will have the opportunity to sign with an independent operator. For this reason, the renewal of the contract, the Ukrainian authorities are obliged to make such a company until 1 January. <span style="color:darkgray