European Union Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger confirmed the EU readiness to participate in Ukrainian-Russian negotiations on the gas contract revision. He has said about this in an interview to Kommersant Ukraine, answering a question about relevant statement of Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky.
Last year in December, the European Commission proposed its mediation in a trilateral discussion of the modernization of gas transportation system of Ukraine and Russia declared its readiness to consider this issue.