European Union Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs told Russian energy giant OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) at a meeting this week to maintain gas supplies through Ukraine to the E.U., a European Commission spokesman said Wednesday.
"The commission, we said, doesn't want to see any impact on supplies of gas to the E.U. transferring through Ukraine," said spokesman Ferran Tarradellas Espuny. "The commissioner encourages those parties to reach a definitive solution to this problem."