Merkel, Zelenskiy spoke about gas transit from Russia via Ukraine

  10 October 2019    Read: 952
Merkel, Zelenskiy spoke about gas transit from Russia via Ukraine

Angela Merkel spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy by telephone on Wednesday and both stressed the need for an agreement to be reached quickly on future gas transit from Russia through Ukraine, the German chancellor’s spokesman said, Azvision.az reports quoting Reuters.

Ukraine wants a long-term gas transit contract with Russia based on European standards, Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk said on Wednesday, adding Kiev would not agree to a short-term deal that Moscow seeks.


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