ITAR-TASS: EU to discuss preferences for South Stream project only as part of Third Energy Package

If Russia requests exemptions for the South Stream gas pipeline project but only as part of the Third Energy Package, the European Commission is ready to discuss this issue, an EU spokesperson says

The European Commission is ready to discuss possible preferences for Russia’s South Stream gas pipeline project only as part of the EU’s Third Energy Package, an EU spokesperson said on Tuesday.

EU Energy Commissioner Guenter Oettinger’s spokeswoman Marlene Holzner said the South Stream issue could be raised at the upcoming gas price talks between Russia and Ukraine with the EU’s mediation in Berlin on Friday.

If Russia requests exemptions for the South Stream gas pipeline project but only as part of the Third Energy Package, the European Commission is ready to discuss this issue, Holzner said.  MORE