Russia is ready to hold consultations with Ukraine regarding the transit of gas. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday after talks with his German counterpart Heiko Maas.
`As for the Nord Stream. President Vladimir Putin has already said. and the management of Gazprom and the Energy Ministry also said that we are not against keeping a certain amount of transit through Ukraine. the main thing is that it should be grounded in terms of economy and should be politically imposed. `Lavrov said.
`We are ready for such consultations with the Ukrainian party. we told our German colleagues today about it.` he added.