The EC announced the date of negotiations on gas with Russia and Ukraine

This was reported by TASS with reference to the representative of the EC Anna-Kaisu Itkonen.

It is noted that the corresponding trilateral meeting will be held on September 19.

“Yes, I can confirm (negotiations on September 19. - RT ). Vice Chair Shefchovich will soon report this on his Twitter, ”she said.

Earlier, representatives of the European Union and Russia agreed to hold a trilateral ministerial meeting with Ukraine on gas issues by the end of September.

In March, the head of the Center for Political Economic Research at the Institute for the New Society, Vasily Koltashov, in an interview with PolitExpert, explained the statement by Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Elena Zerkal about the action plan of Kiev in case of failure of negotiations with Moscow on gas transit to Europe.