Until could not agree on the Date and venue of the tripartite meeting of Russia, Ukraine and commissioners of the European Commission, which is expected to discuss problems in the sphere of gas supply.

the meeting between the three parties of gas talks between Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission agreed the date and venue of next meeting continue to the present. The head of the Russian Ministry of energy Alexander Novak said that they are meeting on the issue. The date of negotiations was planned to see on Wednesday, but as long as the sides have referred to the various options and have the opportunity to come to a common vision because of the tension graphs, reports RIA " Novosti ". Formerly various options, all of them were reduced to holding the meeting in late June or early July. As reported by the print edition OPINION, Ukraine until not filed a formal request for the provision of discounts on gas supplies from Russia. According to head the Ministry of energy Alexander Novak, on this topic as long as there has been talk, but everything remains at the level of speculation. The question of granting of discounts or otherwise not decided by the Ministry of energy and the Cabinet of Ministers of Russia, because the story is about the reduction of customs duties. With its own part, Russia is ready to consider the Question about the discount, if it is not to the detriment of the public interest and to Gazprom. Thursday Alexander Novak suggested that the meeting in the framework of trilateral negotiations will take place in early July, and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr demchyshyn called other dates - June 29 or June 30." in principle we are going to meet, just in time currently all fit together ", - explained the Head of the Ministry of energy. It is planned that the planned meeting will be signed a package of agreements on obligations of the Ukrainian side for the purchase and injection of gas from Russia in the vault under the ground. Also the European Commission wants to document the rules of the provision of EU financial assistance for Ukraine to resolve gas issues.

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