EU energy chief: still no confirmed date for Ukraine-Russia gas talks

European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic speaks during the Energy Union conference in Riga February 6, 2015. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

STRBSKE PLESO, Slovakia (Reuters) - The European Union has yet to receive confirmation that Ukraine and Russia will meet on March 20 to discuss gas supplies, the bloc's Energy Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said on Friday.

Speaking to Reuters at a meeting of foreign ministers in the Slovak mountain resort of Strbske Pleso, Sefcovic said it had been agreed previously that a meeting should take place before the current "winter package" expires at the end of March.