Talks on Supply of Russian Gas to Ukraine to Continue – EU Commission Head

© Sputnik / Alexey Filippov / Go to the mediabankThe European Union will resume gas talks with Kiev and Moscow, in order to avoid disruptions of Russian gas supplies to Ukraine, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has said.
The European Union will resume gas talks with Kiev and Moscow, in order to avoid disruptions of Russian gas supplies to Ukraine, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has said. - Sputnik International
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President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said that the EU would resume gas talks with Kiev and Moscow.

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BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – The European Union will resume gas talks with Kiev and Moscow, in order to avoid disruptions of Russian gas supplies to Ukraine, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has said.

Speaking at a press conference following an informal summit of EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday, Juncker said the talks would be aimed at avoiding a winter crisis situation.

Earlier this month, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said that Russia is ready to discuss a summer gas agreement with Ukraine, as long as the talks include a clear schedule of Ukrainian debt repayment.

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Kiev's debt forced Moscow to suspend gas deliveries to Ukraine for nearly six months in 2014. Deliveries resumed on December 9 under the so-called winter package deal, mediated by the European Union and signed by Russian energy giant Gazprom and Ukraine's Naftogaz in late October, 2014.

The deal stipulated that Ukraine repay $3.1 billion of its $5.3-billion gas debt to Russia before the end of 2014 and pay in advance for future gas supplies.

Russia has also granted Ukraine a temporary discount of $100 per 1,000 cubic meters under the winter package, which covers the cold winter season and expires on April 1, 2015.

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