Merkel urges Putin to back swift solution to Ukraine gas row


  • World
  • Friday, 24 Oct 2014

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Friday to support a quick solution to Moscow's gas row with Ukraine before winter sets in, her office said in a statement.

Moscow and Kiev have agreed on a new price for Russian gas, but they are still at odds over the volumes to be supplied and the level of Ukraine's debt for previous supplies.

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