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EU sends gas fact-finding mission to Ukraine
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 05 - 01 - 2009


The European Union on Monday sent a fact-finding
mission to Kiev in a bid to clarify the situation surrounding
Russia's shut-off of gas supplies to Ukraine, DPA quoted EU officials as saying.
The delegation of top officials from the Czech Republic, which
currently holds the EU's rotating presidency, and the European
Commission, the EU executive, is set to hold talks with Ukrainian
political leaders and representatives of the gas industry, a
presidency spokesman told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
The delegation is also due to meet officials from Russia's gas
monopolist Gazprom on Monday or Tuesday, depending on their
respective schedules. Gazprom has already sent a delegation of top
officials to Europe to present its side of the dispute.
The mission is headed by Czech Industry Minister Martin Riman. He
is accompanied by his country's special envoy for energy, Vaclav
Bartuska, and officials from the office of EU Energy Commissioner
Andris Piebalgs.
The EU mission is intended to "keep up intense contacts" with the
two sides, whose row over contracts and allegedly unpaid bills led
Gazprom to shut off gas deliveries to Ukraine on Thursday, the
spokesman said.
Since the row began, Russia and Ukraine have issued conflicting
accounts of who started it and how much impact the shut-off has had
on supplies to Europe.
Reports from EU member states in Central and Eastern Europe have
also given conflicting versions of the current state of gas supplies,
leaving the EU's authorities groping for accurate information.
The fact-finding mission had been planned for later this week, but
was brought forward to avoid a clash with the Orthodox Christmas on
Wednesday, the presidency spokesman said.
The EU is heavily reliant on Russian gas which passes through
Ukrainian pipelines for its energy needs. In early 2006, a similar
Russo-Ukrainian dispute caused gas shortfalls across much of Europe.
EU diplomats are set to hold an emergency meeting in Brussels
later on Monday to exchange information over the gas crisis, the
presidency spokesman said.
EU energy experts are set to meet in Brussels on Friday.


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