“(Charles Michel. - RT ) welcomed the agreement on gas transit concluded between Ukraine and Russia,” the press service of the European Council said.
As the Kremlin had previously reported, the parties also discussed the Libyan crisis, including in the context of preparations for the international conference on Libya on January 19 in Berlin.
On December 30, Russia and Ukraine signed a package of agreements to continue gas transit through Ukraine.
On January 1, gas transit through Ukraine began under a new contract, LLC GTS of Ukraine Operator announced the delivery of the first cubic meters of Russian gas to the European Union.
According to the head of Naftogaz Andrey Kobolev, the volume of natural gas transit through the territory of Ukraine in 2020 may reach 75 billion cubic meters. m