European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger met with Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan today, a press service of Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Ministry has reported.
Besides, it said Oettinger is going to meet with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk later.
“On Oct. 20, there have been bilateral consultations between Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan and European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger. Head of EU Delegation to Ukraine Jan Tombinski and Board Chairman of Naftogaz Ukrainy Andriy Kobolev also attended the meeting,” the press service said.
The parties confirmed intention of further active cooperation to provide energy security of Ukraine and EU.
“Oettinger stressed preparedness of the European Commission to assist in settlement of the gas issue in future. The parties discussed the main statements of the interim agreement on natural gas supplies from the territory of the Russian Federation, which will be covered during the next three-party meeting in Brussels on Oct. 21,” the ministry stressed.
