Ukraine may sign new transit agreement with Russia in late December

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According to the results of Ukraine-EU-Russia talks on gas transit after 2019, the Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection of Ukraine Oleksiy Orzhel has said that Ukraine will be able to sign a new transit agreement with Russia after December 17.

After this period, the European norms will be fully implemented in Ukrainian legislation, and the separation of the gas transmission system from Naftogaz will be completed.

“Potentially, we still enable to sign these agreements, we must be prepared first. According to our roadmap, we will get the opportunity to sign them after December 17,” Orzhel said.

To the minister, Ukraine wants to intensify technical negotiations between the parties and proposes to hold the next meeting after November 11, UNIAN reports.

“I think that we will intensify technical negotiations on tariffs and volumes, because the larger the volume, the lower the tariff. We will also intensify trilateral cooperation and will come up with a clear proposal in the near future,” Orzhel said.

As The Journalist reported, negotiations on terms of Russian gas transit to EU through Ukraine kicks off in Brussels.

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