Galushchenko discussed cooperation in energy sector with the Head of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
Kyiv • UNN
Ukraine will not conduct any negotiations with russia on the continuation of russian gas transit, as the EU countries have diversified their gas supplies and are not interested in continuing the transit of russian gas through Ukraine.
Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko discussed cooperation with Secretary General of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber Karlheinz Kopf. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Energy, UNN reports.
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It is noted that the meeting was held in Vienna, where the delegation of the Ministry of Energy is attending a meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors.
The head of the Energy Ministry emphasized Ukraine's position on the transit of russian gas through Ukraine to European countries after the expiration of the current contract.
Ukraine will not negotiate with the russians. Over the past two years, EU countries have managed to significantly diversify their supplies under the EC's RepowerEU initiative. We share the EU's position that the European Union is not interested in Ukraine's continuing transit of russian gas
Mr. Galushchenko also noted that Ukraine has conducted a stress test of its gas transportation system and underground gas storage facilities, which proved that they can operate stably and reliably even with zero gas transit.
According to a Ukrainian official, this winter, European traders stored about 3 billion cubic meters of gas in Ukrainian underground storage facilities.
At the same time, Ukraine is ready to offer its international partners up to 15 billion cubic meters of its storage facilities for use. In addition, Ukrainian gas capacities can be used, in particular, within the Vertical Corridor or other alternative routes to russia.
Karlheinz Kopf, for his part, noted that discussions on russian gas supplies are ongoing in Austria. According to him, the Austrian side is studying the possibility of sending a trade mission to Ukraine in the coming months.
The parties also discussed deepening cooperation in renewable energy and the development of distributed generation. Herman Galushchenko emphasized that russian attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector have caused significant damage to the infrastructure, but Ukraine is working to decentralize generation, which will strengthen the resilience of the energy system. Therefore, cooperation with Austrian partners is of interest to the Ukrainian side
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