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EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger, photo by EPA/BGNES
EU Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger has opposed EU sanctions against Russia’s gas sector over the crisis in Ukraine.
Speaking Tuesday at an Energy Community meeting in Kiev, he insisted that sanctions against Russia’s gas sector were to be avoided, adding that reliable energy supplies were not supposed to become a political instrument.
Oettinger, as cited by ITAR-TASS, made clear that the EU expected to reach a compromise with Russia and to receive sufficient quantities of Russian gas at market prices.
The EU Energy Commissioner explained that they were analyzing opportunities for a transition to a pragmatic solution with the Russian partners.
He also called on Russia to not use gas as a weapon in its dispute with Ukraine.
Russia, Ukraine and the European Union are scheduled to hold a trilateral gas meeting in Berlin on September 26 in a bid to settle an ongoing dispute over gas deliveries.
The previous round of three-way gas talks, which ended on June 16, yielded no results.
President Rumen Radev, speaking at a business forum hosted by The Economist, refrained from specifying Ukraine's post-war borders, emphasizing the need for diplomatic resolutions amid ongoing conflict
The upcoming 31 December will remain a key date in the history of gas supplies in Bulgaria, for the first time in our recent history our country will start deliveries of natural gas from a new source - Azerbaijan.
The European Union has adopted a new sanctions framework, which makes it possible to blacklist all those whom Brussels suspects of human rights violations, denying them entry to the EU and freezing their assets.
The local gas extraction in the Black Sea is among the most realistic types of diversification of the energy sources the Bulgarian government strives towards, reported the Bulgarian National Radio.
Representatives of the European Commission, Russia and Ukraine will talk today on gas issues despite the forthcoming two-month holiday of the EU Energy Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič, TASS reported.
Much of Argentina's capital will shut down on Thursday as leaders from the world's biggest economies descend on Buenos Aires for the two-day G20 summit, which kicks off today, November 30, reported CNN.
A group of Members of the European Parliament has raised concerns over the potential leakage of confidential EU information to Russia, urging stronger safeguards within the European Parliament
Moldovan President Maia Sandu has formally enacted legislation withdrawing the country from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), marking a decisive step in Chisinau’s gradual disengagement from Russian-led structures
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has carried out a series of coordinated investigative actions across several countries, including Bulgaria and Romania, as part of a probe into suspected large-scale fraud involving EU funds
A fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran has coincided with escalating tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has moved to tighten control over one of the world’s most critical maritime routes
US President Donald Trump has sharply criticized NATO allies over what he described as their unwillingness to support Washington during the war with Iran, following a two-hour meeting with Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the White House
Lebanon has declared a national day of mourning after one of the deadliest days in recent months, with at least 254 people killed and more than 1,165 injured in Israeli strikes carried out shortly after the announcement of a US-Iran ceasefire
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