KYIV, Feb 2 – The European Commission welcomes Ukraine's efforts to increase the capacity of interstate cross-sections for the import-export of electricity, Deputy Chairman of the European Commission Maros Sefcovic has said.

"Despite the war, Ukraine was supplying electricity to the European Union, and therefore the request to increase the capacity for imports from 700 MW and for exports from 400 MW to 1,600 MW or even 2 GW is very welcome in both directions," Sefcovic said at a joint meeting of the Ukrainian government and the European Commission in Kyiv on Thursday.