BRUSSELS, Jan 28 – The United States and the EU are working on alternative gas supplies to EU countries in case that Russia attacks Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a joint statement released on Friday.

"The United States and the EU are working jointly towards continued, sufficient, and timely supply of natural gas to the EU from diverse sources across the globe to avoid supply shocks, including those that could result from a further Russian invasion of Ukraine," the officials said in the joint statement.