Voorzitterschap EU en Commissie dringen samen aan op hervatten levering gas (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Tsjechisch voorzitterschap Europese Unie 1e helft 2009 i, gepubliceerd op woensdag 14 januari 2009.

The Czech EU Presidency i and the European Commission i strongly urge Russia and Ukraine to immediately resume full gas supplies to the European Union.

In a joint letter, Martin Ríman, the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, andAndris Piebalgs i, 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.

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)

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