EU Not Planning to Resume Russian Gas Purchases

, and Ukrainian officials are meeting in Brussels to discuss post-war recovery in Ukraine ahead of next week’s US-Ukraine-Russia negotiations in Abu Dhabi. “We don’t see any rationale at the moment to ease sanctions or restrictions on Russia, in any sector,” an EU diplomat told EUobserver. S. officials the economic recovery and funding requirements for Ukraine.

The United States has discussed with Russia the possibility of restoring natural gas flows to Europe via pipelines running through Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported last week, citing unnamed sources involved in the talks. ” Following the talks in Brussels on Wednesday, another EU diplomat told EUobserver “We’ve had two debriefings about talks with the US – buying Russian gas was not mentioned”.