MOSCOW, April 23. /ITAR-TASS/. The European Commission has denied multilateral gas talks may be held in Bratislava on April 24.

European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger will have contacts with the Russian and Ukrainian partners soon for organising the first meeting, the European Commission says.

A concrete date has not been specified yet, though, it says.

Earlier, the parliament-appointed Ukrainian Minister of Energy and Coal Industry, Yuri Prodan, told ITAR-TASS that the gas talks within the Russia-Ukraine-Slovakia-EC format might be held in Bratislava on April 24.

Russia put forth that initiative, he said.