“Today in Vienna at the expert level, bilateral negotiations between Gazprom and the Ukrainian Gas Transmission System Operator LLC continued on the conditions for the transit of Russian gas to Europe from 2020,” the statement said on a Gazprom website.

It is noted that the parties discussed the results of cooperation over the past week and agreed on further joint work.

Earlier, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said that Vienna is hosting Russian-Ukrainian gas negotiations at the company level.