Press Release: Gas Coordination Group evaluates the recent dispute between Russia and Ukraine

At the request of Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, the Gas Coordination Group met in extraordinary session in Brussels to evaluate the reliability of gas supplies through Ukraine following the dispute which arose last week and the launch of new negotiations between the two parties. After having ascertained that the European market supply was not affected by the supply restrictions imposed on Ukraine the Group underlined the importance and the necessity of urgent clarification of relations between Gazprom and Ukraine as far as domestic Ukrainian gas consumption and gas transit towards the EU is concerned.