MOSCOW, Sept 5 - The tripartite talks between the energy ministers of Russia and Ukraine and Vice President of the European Commission on the Energy Union Maros Sefcovic on transit of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine after 2019 are scheduled for October, a representative of the Russian Ministry of Energy has told Interfax.

In September, on the eve of the tripartite ministerial talks, Russia, Ukraine and the EU will hold meetings at an expert level. The Russian side at these talks will be represented by Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Yanovsky, the European side by the head of the department for internal energy markets of the Directorate General for Energy of the European Commission Klaus-Dieter Borchardt.