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NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy regrets in connection with another postponement on Russia’s initiative of trilateral talks with the participation of the EU to discuss gas transit after 2019, Naftogaz Executive Director Yuriy Vitrenko has stated.

“The reason is obvious – after Ukraine and the EU had taken a consolidated position that transit through Ukraine should be carried out according to fair European rules, these negotiations became uninteresting for the Russian Federation,” he wrote on his Facebook page.

“It seems that Russia is waiting for “negotiators” who will hand over the interests of Ukraine rather than agree on civilized and fair rules for all parties,” Vitrenko said.