KIEV, July 5 – The European Commission has not received any formal requests or proposals from Kiev regarding the construction of a new gas pipeline or the creation of a trilateral venture to upgrade Ukraine's existing gas transport system.

"I can just say that we did not receive these proposals, either on the construction of a new gas pipeline or the upgrade of the existing one. I checked today with my experts, and with the cabinet, which is the private office of the commissioner [Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger], and they said that we had not received such an offer,"European Commission spokesperson Marlene Holzner said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine on Monday.