SLOVENIA ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS NEGOTIATIONS

C O N F I D E N T I A L LJUBLJANA 000885 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EUR/NCE E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/28/2015 TAGS: ENRG ECON SI SUBJECT: SLOVENIA ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS NEGOTIATIONS REF: SECSTATE 229253 Classified By: Acting DCM Colleen Hyland, reasons 1.4(b) and (d). ¶1. Econoff delivered reftel points 28 December to Oliver Dajic, North America desk officer at the MFA. Dajic said he would pass along the information within the MFA. Contacts on the MFA's Russia desk as well as at the Ministry of the Economy that deal with natural gas matters were all on leave for the Christmas and New Year holidays. Post will provide a readout of discussions with appropriate contacts following their return next week. ROBERTSON NNNN