“During the conversation, Alexander Novak and Marosh Shefchovich discussed various aspects of bilateral energy cooperation,” the Ministry of Energy’s website said in a statement.

It is also noted that the parties discussed relations within the framework of the BRELL project.

On September 25, Novak explained that the “zero option” of a settlement agreement between Gazprom and Naftogaz on the Stockholm arbitration implies the absence of financial claims.

On September 19, the head of the Russian Ministry of Energy announced that Russia at the trilateral talks in Brussels proposed to extend the agreement on gas transit through Ukraine for a short time.