Russian energy min, EU’s Sefcovic meet ahead of talks with Kiev

BERLIN, Jul 17 (PRIME) -- Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak is meeting with European Commission Vice President for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic on Tuesday, before gas negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and the E.U.

Russian gas giant Gazprom ÑEO Alexei Miller is participating in the meeting.

The E.U. and Ukraine earlier advocated prolongation of Russia’s gas transit contract with Ukraine beyond 2019. Ukraine also spoke against Russia’s Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project.

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