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The European Union is not planning to interfere in gas talks between Ukraine and Russia, Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira has said.

"It’s a matter of Ukraine and Russia, in which the EU does not see a role," he said at a lecture at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy on Wednesday.

He said that it depends on Ukraine whether it will retain its status as a country supplying Russian gas to Europe.

"If Ukraine does not retain this status, then we will continue to consider the opportunities of Nord Stream and South Stream," Teixeira said.

He also added that the EU welcomes an increase in natural gas production in to Ukraine.

He said that this would help Kyiv become energy independent of Russia.

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