“I believe that we are not yet ripe for a return to direct deliveries. But that’s not the issue, ”he said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
According to Kuleba, his goal as vice prime minister is to ensure that the gas market of Ukraine operates solely on the basis of EU standards, the Third Energy Package.
“And so that our energy is integrated into European energy. Nowhere in the EU rules does it say that you should not buy gas from a certain country, ”he said.
As Kuleba noted, Russia should not use gas as an instrument of blackmail.
On December 31, Moscow and Kiev signed a package agreement that will allow the continuation of gas transit through Ukraine after January 1, 2020.
The leader of the European Solidarity party, former president Petro Poroshenko called for sanctions against direct gas supplies from Russia.
In mid-December, Ukrainian deputy Andrei Derkach said that Ukraine overpaid about $ 1.5 billion over five years for deliveries of gas to the country through the reverse system from European countries.