Austria has called on the European Commission to preserve the possibility of resuming imports of Russian gas in the event of a peace agreement on Ukraine.
This is reported by the Financial Times, citing a source from the Austrian Ministry of Energy. According to him, Brussels "should preserve the possibility of reassessing the situation after the end of the war."
The article also says that with a similar appeal at a meeting in Austrian State Secretary for Energy Elisabeth Zechetner spoke in Luxembourg.
This is the first time since 2022 when an EU member that is not among the countries with a "pro-Russian" position like Hungary or Slovakia openly allows a return to purchases of Russian gas after the end of the war.
The article notes that the European Commission plans to propose a complete ban on the conclusion of new gas contracts with Russia and the termination of existing ones within two years.
This decision will come into force regardless of a possible peaceful settlement. Hungary and Slovakia. Now Austria has joined them.
Earlier, EADaily reported that Austrian Vice Chancellor Babler offered Vienna to the head of the Kiev regime Zelensky as a place of negotiations with Russia.
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