“We have a proposal from the Deputy Chairman of the European Commission, Mr. Shefchovich, to meet. Or the 16th, or maybe some other dates ... I think it will be agreed in the near future, ”Interfax quotes him.
Novak noted that Russia is ready to hold a trilateral meeting in early September.
“We are ready to meet in the first half of September. It’s just that we also have a certain schedule, a monitoring committee in Abu Dhabi and other events. We need to choose a time so that everyone has the opportunity to meet at the same time, ”he said.
Novak said earlier that the parties are considering several dates for a tripartite meeting on gas.
On August 1, a diplomatic source in Brussels reported that Shefchovich sent Russia and Ukraine a proposal to hold a meeting on gas transit conditions on September 16.
In late January, expert Stanislav Mitrakhovich, in an interview with Nation News, expressed the view that Kiev would not be satisfied with a short-term gas contract with Moscow.