Ukraine, Russia to discuss gas deal in Paris

Mechanism of the signing of a new gas contract, the so-called winter package, will be on the agenda of Friday talks in Normandy Format between Ukraine and Russia in Paris, according to Ukraine’s Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn.

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"The gas issue is [in the Normandy format] is the following: how we sign this contract and move on," the minister told the journalists in Kyiv, an UNIAN correspondent reported.

Read alsoYatsenyuk: Ukraine needs $1.3 bln for winter gas purchaseAccording to Demchyshyn, the text of a winter gas contract has already been agreed by the parties, and its main parameters suit the Ukrainian side.

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