BRUSSELS, Jan. 13 – The European Union insists that any agreement between Ukraine and Russia must guarantee full respect by Ukraine for the legal commitments it took on when joining the Energy Community Treaty.

This is stipulated in a commentary released in Brussels on Friday on the results of a phone conversation between EU Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger and Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko regarding the ongoing discussions between Ukraine and Russia on the question of gas pricing and transit.