“The European Commission on January 29 in exchange for unblocking the continuation of EU sanctions against Russia gave Hungary assurances that will facilitate negotiation with Ukraine on energy transit”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
Stephanishina explained that the issue of gas recovery was raised by Hungary “at a meeting at the NATO apartment headquarters in the context of energy security.” Also, on January 30, Brussels will consult the President of the European Commission Ursula von Der Lyen and the Slovak Minister Robert Fitzo.
“In the case of receiving any request from the European Commission, Ukraine will, of course, fulfill its function of transit. But the question is now on the side of the European Commission – those arrangements that Hungary can reach in this matter, ”Stephanishina said.
Radio Liberty, whether Ukraine is ready to restore even Russian gas transit at the request of the EU, Viceremierka did not give a direct answer.
“It is that we will work with European operators, and the European Commission should determine whether it is important for them to provide this transit now for them,” Stefanishina said. She recalled that as of January 1, when the Russian gas transit agreement was completed, the European Commission assured that even a complete termination of transit was not a energy threat to the European Union.
On January 29, the European Commission in exchange for unblocking the continuation of EU sanctions against Russia gave Hungary assurances that will facilitate negotiation with Ukraine on energy transit. Hungary and Slovakia should be involved in the negotiations.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has previously stated that Ukraine is ready to quickly restore natural gas transit in its territory for Eastern European countries, but not Russian but Azerbaijani.
At the same time, analysts warn that given the small volumes of gas production in Azerbaijan and imports by this country energy from Russia, this may mean that Russian gas will enter the EU under the guise of Azerbaijani.