Y.Prodan, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine, took part in the 4th Meeting of energy ministers at an informal dialogue «Eastern Partnership», which was held in Baku on September 8, 2014.

Vice-President of the European Commission G.Ottinger and European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy S.Fule  attended this event with the leaders and representatives of the Ministries of Energy of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

During the said event was followed by a round table discussion on «Diversification of supply routes and energy security in the EU and the «Eastern Partnership». Upon its completion the participants took part in the press conference.

After the completion of the aforementioned measures, Minister Y.Prodan held bilateral meetings with the Vice-President of the European Commission G.Ottinger, Energy Minister AR N.Aliyev, President of SOCAR R.Abdullayev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of the Republic of Moldova A.Kandu.

During these meetings, it was considered a wide range of issues of bilateral relations between Ukraine and foreign partners in the energy sector, as well as the issue of energy security for the «Eastern Partnership’s» countries and the whole of Europe.