On 3 May, Ukraine and the EU are expected to hold a roundtable in Brussels regarding further development of the Ukrainian gas market. The roundtable, which will be chaired by EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger and Ukraine’s Energy Minister Stavytsyi, is expected to discuss the modernisation of the Ukrainian gas transportation system or GTS and the establishment of the Eastern European gas hub in Ukraine. Most of the leading gas companies, including Russian gas monopoly Gazprom have been invited.
However, Olga Shumylo-Tapiola, visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, told New Europe that Ukraine and the EU have different expectations.
