BERLIN/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission, after hours-long talks on Thursday, have agreed in principle on a new gas deal starting after Jan 1, 2020, European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic told a briefing after the talks in Berlin.
“After these very intensive talks I am very glad to say that we reached an agreement in principle on all key elements which I believe is very positive news for Europe, for Russia and Ukraine,” Sefcovic said.
(Reporting by Katya Golubkova in MOSCOW and Thomas Escritt in BERLIN; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
