MOSCOW - Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said he hoped to sign a gas deal with Ukraine later on Thursday as he arrived in Brussels for EU-brokered talks.
Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak speaks during a press conference in Moscow on August 29, 2014
"We hope that today all our agreements will be formalised with the signing of the necessary documents," Novak was quoted as saying by the RIA Novosti news agency.
Responding to a question from journalists, he said he did not know whether the European Union and Ukraine had signed a bilateral deal on financial guarantees for payment of Russian gas.
"No, I don't have such information. I think that all the documents will be signed at the same time," Novak said.