The meeting with the American diplomat was attended by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Head of the Presidential Administration Andriy Yermak and Deputy Foreign Minister Yevhen Yenin.
"The adviser and senior Ukrainian officials discussed our shared concerns about the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and the US commitment to ensure that Russia cannot use energy as a coercive tool against Ukraine or any other country in Europe," the report says. press release from the US Foreign Office.
Scholle also met with Ukraine's energy and corporate governance leaders "to discuss prosperity and energy security" for the country.
Then the American diplomat will leave for Warsaw, where he will discuss strategic bilateral and regional issues.
As noted in the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Russian side has no task to suspend gas supplies through Ukraine, and Russia has never used energy and its natural resources as an element of pressure or blackmail.
At the same time, Naftogaz Ukrainy emphasized that the launch of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline threatens to lose the country's revenues from transit, as well as the loss of the “security component”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that Moscow is ready to load the Ukrainian gas transportation system in the future after the expiration of the transit contract, if an agreement is reached with Kiev.