Presidency and Commission Urge Resumption of Gas Supplies in Joint Letter
The Czech EU Presidency and the European Commission strongly urge Russia and Ukraine to immediately resume full gas supplies to the European Union.
In a joint letter, Martin Říman, the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, and Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Energy, said that EU monitors were at all relevant sites and that natural gas flows should be supplied in full volume.
In the letter sent on 13 January and addressed to Sergey I. Shmatko, Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, and Yuriy Prodan, Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine, the Presidency and the Commission also warned that the credibility of Ukraine and Russia as reliable partners would be irrevocably damaged should gas supply to European consumers not be immediately resumed.
The full texts of the two letters are attached below.
Please note that fax numbers have been removed from the scanned documents.
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Contacts:
Tomáš Bartovský, spokesman of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic
bartovsky@mpo.cz, GSM: +420 602 508 328, tel.: +420 224 853 311
Ferran Tarradellas Espuny, Spokesperson, European Commission
ferran.tarradellas@ec.europa.eu, GSM: +32 (0)498 966 293, tel.: +32 (0)296 62 93
Attached Files
- Letter RF-090114 (jpg, 77 kB)
- Letter UA-090114 (jpg, 75 kB)
Last update: 14.1.2009 17:05
