According to him, this initiative will allow some countries to buy gas at a lower price.
However, Vel Senck stressed that it is wrong to force countries to participate in joint purchases, since some European states have existing contracts that set prices that are acceptable to them.
“Therefore, we support general gas purchases, but based on the principle of voluntariness,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
Earlier, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that the current crisis in the EU is long-term.