DHAKA: Moscow and Kiev agreed a gas delivery deal until the end of March after EU-brokered talks in Brussels, securing supplies to Europe after a row over supplies to rebel-held eastern Ukraine.

The EU said, france24.com reports.

‘I am satisfied that we managed to safeguard the full application of the Winter Package for the supply needs in Ukraine,’ said Maros Sefcovic, European Commission Vice-President for Energy Union, referring to a contract expiring on March 31 that Russia had threatened to scrap.

BDST: 1520 HRS, MAR 03, 2015