Orzhel meets with Altmaier in Berlin

Ukrainian Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection Oleksiy Orzhel held a meeting with his German counterpart, Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier in Berlin on Thursday morning, December 19.

The meeting took place on the sidelines of trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia and the EU on the continuation of Russian gas transit through Ukraine, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

Orzhel heads the Ukrainian delegation in the trilateral gas talks that are taking place in the German capital today.

Before the talks, German Minister Altmaier held a meeting with Vice-President of the European Commission for the Energy Union Maros Sefcovic.

This is the fifth round of the trilateral gas transit talks between Ukraine, Russia and the EU. The previous meetings were held on July 17, 2018 (Berlin), January 21, 2019, September 19, 2019 and October 28, 2019.