The date and venue of the EU-Russia-Ukraine negotiations on gas supply will be set this week, EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger, and Energy Ministers of Russia and Ukraine Oleksandr Novak and Yuriy Prodan said in a joint statement.

"Following the proposed Protocol in Berlin on September 26, the process for agreement of the terms of the Protocol is currently ongoing. The exact day and place for the next negotiations will be set next week," reads the statement by the parties published by the European Commission on October 3.