EU Commission worried about Ukraine gas supply, not Europe's


  • World
  • Wednesday, 05 Mar 2014

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union policymakers are concerned about the risk of gas shortages in Ukraine, but there is no immediate threat to supplies in Europe, where stocks are high after a mild winter, Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said on Tuesday.

Ukraine has strategic importance as a major gas transit nation for supplies from Russia to the European Union, which relies on Russia for about a quarter of its gas.

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