EU to meet Russia officials over gas supply worries
China Daily | Updated: 2009-01-06 07:42
The European Union yesterday scheduled talks with Russia to press for a speedy resolution of a dispute with Ukraine that has hit gas supplies to countries in eastern and southern Europe facing freezing temperatures.
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom cut off gas supplies to Ukraine on Jan 1 in a dispute over debts and pricing that shows no sign of ending.
The move has worried European countries, which get one fifth of their gas through pipelines that cross Ukraine.
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