Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 26

29-Jun-2009

CASPIAN

EC Convenes Emergency Meeting To Head Off Russia-Ukraine Gas Crisis

Johannes Laitenberger, spokesman for European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, told a press conference on 24 June that the EC has decided to call a meeting in Brussels on 29 June to diffuse the continuing gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine. International financial institutions including the IMF, the World Bank, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the...